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"James Gibbs" was one of Kingdom of Great Britain/Britain's most influential architects. Born in Kingdom of Scotland/Scotland, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. His most important works are St Martin-in-the-Fields, in London, and the cylindrical, domed Radcliffe Camera at Oxford University.
Gibbs very privately was Roman Catholic and a Tory, and was therefore not part of the Palladian architecture#English Palladian revival (neo-Palladian)/Palladian movement which was prevalent in Architecture of the United Kingdom/English architecture of the period. The Palladians were largely Whig (British political faction)/Whigs, led by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington/Lord Burlington and Colen Campbell, a fellow Scot who developed a rivalry with Gibbs. Gibbs' professional Italian training under the Baroque master Carlo Fontana also set him uniquely apart from the Palladian school. However, despite being unfashionable, he gained a number of Tory patrons and clients, and became hugely influential through his published works, which became popular as pattern books for architecture.
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