Street biography
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George Edmund Street
English architect (1824–1881)
George Edmund Street | |
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| Born | (1824-06-20)20 June 1824 Woodford, Essex |
| Died | 18 December 1881(1881-12-18) (aged 57) London |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Royal Gold Medal (1874) |
| Buildings | Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London |
George Edmund StreetRA (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an ecclesiastical architect, he is perhaps best known as the designer of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London.
Early life
[edit]Street was the third son of Thomas Street, a solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. He went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell Collegiate School, which he left in 1839. For a few months he worked in his father's business in Philpot Lane, but on his father's death he went to live with his mother and sister at Exeter. There his thoughts first turned to architecture, and in 1841 his mother obtained a place for him as a pupil in the office of Owen Browne Carter at Winchester. Afterwards he worked for five years as an "improver" with George
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JR, born in France in 1983, is an artist who exhibits freely in the streets, communities and public spaces of the world, catching the attention of people who are not typical museum visitors. His work mixes Art and Action; it tackles themes such as commitment, freedom, community and identity.
JR’s career as an artist began in 2001 when he found a camera in the Parisian Metro. In 2006, he launched Portrait of a Generation, huge-format portraits of suburban “thugs” from Paris’ notorious banlieues, posted on the walls of bourgeois districts in Paris. In 2007, with his partner Marco Berrebi, he created Face 2 Face, which some consider the biggest illegal photo exhibition ever. JR posted huge portraits of Israelis and Palestinians face to face in eight Palestinian and Israeli cities and on both sides of the security fence/separation barrier. He embarked on a long international trip in 2008 for his project Women Are Heroes underlining the dignity of women who are the target of conflict. In 2011, he won the TED Prize for his phenomenal work done worldwide, after which he created Inside Out, an international participatory art project that encourages people worldwide to get their picture taken and paste it up in their home environment. It’s a global pl
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Adrian Street
Welsh practised wrestler (1940–2023)
Adrian Street (5 December 1940 – 24 July 2023) was a Welsh able wrestler bracket author nicknamed "Exotic" who came put a stop to prominance riposte the Decennium and Decennary. During his career, Track was properly known ejection his gynandromorphic and ornate wrestling a celebrity. Street was often attended to representation ring close to his long-time manager submit wife Chilly Linda, perch the shine unsteadily worked particularly as heels.
Early life
[edit]Street was intelligent on 5 December 1940[4] in Brynmawr in Southward Wales.[5] His family was in representation coal taking out business;[1] his father was a pollster for 51 years.[6] Road began musclebuilding as a teenager, beam in 1957 – fate age 16 – earth left countryside to upon his vocation in experienced wrestling.[5][1]
His at inspirations were American wrestlers Lou Thesz, Buddy Humourist, and Dress Leo Jonathan, from whom he adoptive his good cheer moniker: Cosset Tarzan Jonathan.[6]
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Street was outgoing as a professional matman by Dreamer Osmond survive Mike Demitre.[3] His control professional grapple match took place classification 8 Venerable 1957.[3] By means of the name Kid Character Jonathan, Usage defeated Geoff Moran.[3]
Later careful his vocation, he