What is Alfred Waterhouse?
[[File:Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St.jpg|thumb|Manchester Town Hall]] '''Alfred Waterhouse''' (19 July 1830 – 22 August 1905) was an [[England|English]] [[architect]], particularly associated with the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[Gothic]] revival. He is perhaps best known for his design for [[Manchester Town Hall]] and the [[Natural History Museum]] in [[London]], although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the country. Financially speaking, Waterhouse was probably the most successful of all Victorian architects. Though expert within Gothic and [[Renaissance]] styles, Waterhouse never limited himself to a single architectural style.<ref name=bhaw>{{cite web | publisher = David Nash Ford | date = 2003 | url = http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/awaterhouse.html | title = Royal Berkshire History — Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) | access-date = 2005-06-29}}</ref><ref name=nharch>{{cite web | title = Natural History Museum Archive Catalogue - Alfred Waterhouse | publisher = Natural History Museum | access-date = 2007-11-09 | url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/library/library-archives/catalogue/DServe.exe?dsqServer=placid&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code=='PX686'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waterhouse, Alfred}} [[Category:1830 births]] [[Category:1905 deaths]] [[Category:English architects]] [[Category:People from Liverpool]]