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Aston Webb

Aston Webb, English architect and academic (died 1930)

Born
May 22, 1849
Died
August 21, 1930
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1849

About Aston Webb

Sir Aston Webb, was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell. He was president of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. He was also the founding chairman of the London Society. Webb's first major work was the restoration of the medieval St Bartholomew-the-Great in Smithfield, London. He received the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1905 and was the first recipient of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 1907.

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The world when Aston Webb was born

Aston Webb was born in 1849. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCalifornia Gold Rush in full swing
  • Technology milestoneSafety pin patented by Walter Hunt
  • Defining fadGold prospecting
  • World population~1.29B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderZachary Taylor
  • U.S. population22.0M

1849 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Aston Webb's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18492026
Population22.0M341 million

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