Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork, Burlington never took more than a passing interest in politics despite his position as a Privy Counsellor and a member of both the British House of Lords and the Irish House of Lords. His great interests in life were architecture and landscaping, and he is remembered for being a builder and a patron of architects, craftsmen and landscapers, Indeed, he is credited with bringing Palladian architecture to Britain and Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington has received more than 198,270 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington is the 373rd most popular architect (down from 335th in 2019), the 3,182nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,801st in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Architect.