1694 – 1753

Richard Boyle (also Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of), English architect who was one of the originators of the English Palladian (Neo-Palladian) style of the 18th century. Burlington was born into an enormously wealthy aristocratic family. From a young age he was a patron of the arts, interested in the visual arts, music, and literature; the composer George Frideric Handel and the poet John Gay both stayed in his home, and he was a patron of the poet Alexander Pope.Show more

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