17th-century English architects
Robert Smythson (c. 1535 – 15 October 1614) was an English architect. Smythson designed a number of notable houses during the Elizabethan era.
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Robert Hooke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Robert Hooke, the 17th-century scientist with a wide variety of interests from elasticity to microscopes who fell out with Newton.
18 February 2016
Featuring: David Wootton, Patricia Fara, Rob Iliffe
Sir John Soane
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the life and work of John Soane, architect of the old Bank of England and collector of the antiquities displayed in his home which became a museum.
06 February 2025
Featuring: Frances Sands, Frank Salmon, Gillian Darley