Robert Williams (1848-1918)
Robert Williams (1848-1918), Architect
Born in Ystradowen, Glamorgan, the second son of carpenter Rees Williams and his wife Mary (née Evans).
Educated at the Eagle Academy, a private school on Eagle Lane, Cowbridge, before being apprenticed to a building contractor.
1873 Went to study architecture and building construction at the South Kensington School of Art where he won several school prizes and a national medal.
Married to Margaret Griffiths and the couple had two children, Inigo Rees (born in Llantrisant in 1876) and Margaret Ann (born in Paddington in 1879).
1881, Living in Coggeshall in Essex, his wife had died.
1883 Married (2) at Braintree to Elizabeth Ann Kettle
From 1913 Williams practised in Cairo, Egypt.
1913 F.R.I.B.A., illustrations of the Assouan Dam[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1913