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Robert Smythson
b. c.1535;
d. Wollaton, 1614.
Robert Smythson was undoubtedly the leading English famous architect of the late 16-century and early 17-century. Smythson built some of the most magnificent and original houses of the Elizabethan era, but very little is known of his birth, background, formal education or professional career. The earliest documentation dates from 1568, [...]