William Kent

(1686-1748)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Kent, William, 1685-1748 NRA: Kent William (1684-1748) Painter Sculptor and Architect DNB: Kent, William (bap. 1686, d. 1748), painter, architect, and designer of gardens and interior furnishings LBT ID: WiKent1748 VIAF ID: 87717909 LOC ID: n83135254	B/BAP: 1686-01-01 DIED: 1748-04-12
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English painter and landscape architect, the protégé of the Earl of Burlington and friend of Alexander Pope.
REFERENCES TO William Kent: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 2: ¶ 31 ¶ 33 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 1