Thomas Witlam Atkinson
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Thomas Witlam Atkinson was an English
architect
, quarryman, stonemason, and travel writer.
He was born in Cawthorne
, near Barnsley
, West Riding of Yorkshire
in 1799. Between 1848 and 1853 he travelled over 40 000 miles through Eastern Europe and Asiatic Russia with his wife Lucy, and painted and documented his travels .
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, quarryman, stonemason, and travel writer.
He was born in Cawthorne
Cawthorne
Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village was once the centre of a localised iron and coal mining industry, though today it is the centre of a very affluent commuter belt, west of Barnsley...
, near Barnsley
Barnsley
Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...
, West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding , was based closely on the historic boundaries...
in 1799. Between 1848 and 1853 he travelled over 40 000 miles through Eastern Europe and Asiatic Russia with his wife Lucy, and painted and documented his travels .