http://www.thetowerbridge.info Restoring the Most Famous Bridge in the World Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:20:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/people/sir-horace-jones.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/people/sir-horace-jones.html#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 15:00:59 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=837 Sir Horace Jones was born 20th May 1819 at 15 Size Lane, Bucklersbury, London. The son of a prosperous solicitor, he studied architecture and spent some years in Italy and Greece to further his classical knowledge. In 1843 he commenced practice as an architect at 16 Furnival’s Inn, Holborn, and during 18 years designed and [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/people/sir-horace-jones.html/feed 0 http://www.thetowerbridge.info/people/sir-john-wolfe-barry.html http://www.thetowerbridge.info/people/sir-john-wolfe-barry.html#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 16:33:55 +0000 admin http://www.thetowerbridge.info/?p=843 Wolfe-Barry, the youngest son of architect Sir Charles Barry, added ‘Wolfe’ to his inherited name in 1898. He was educated at Glenalmond and King’s College London, and was a pupil of civil engineer Sir John Hawkshaw, as was Henri Marc Brunel, son of the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Barry and Hawkshaw worked on railway bridge [...]]]> http://www.thetowerbridge.info/people/sir-john-wolfe-barry.html/feed 0