Vanbrugh
Americannoun
noun
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Created by the architect and playwright John Vanbrugh in 1708, the ornate bridge was designed to be a “habitable viaduct” and is said to contain over 30 rooms.
From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2018
There is no evidence the rooms Vanbrugh created were ever used.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2018
According to Vanbrugh, on his deathbed he said he was “91 years finding out a hole to go out of this world, and at length found it.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2017
Their home for the past 20 years has been Vanbrugh Castle, a fortresslike folly built around 1720 by Sir John Vanbrugh, a great Georgian-era architect and playwright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2016
In 1894 he married the actress Violet Vanbrugh, elder sister of the no less well-known actress Irene Vanbrugh, and he and his wife subsequently took the leading parts under his management of the Garrick theatre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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