As an initial task in the
introduction to NTU and Nottingham City, I have decided to reach famous figures
through time who are linked with and/or come from Nottingham itself.
HERBERT KILPIN
Born: 24th
of January 1870
Died: 22nd
October 1916 (aged 46)
As a football fanatic
myself, Herbert Kilpin is a person who caught my eye while researching. Kilpin
was part of a particularly large family consisting of 9 brothers and sisters.
As a young child he worked in the Nottingham Lace Market as an assistant, while
also playing for the original Notts Olympic football team. In 1891 (aged 21)
Herbert moved to Italy to work with Italian-Swiss textile merchant Edoardo
Bosio. Bosio work as a textile merchant was in collaboration with the
Nottingham Lace Warehouse.
In the same year, Bosio
founded the first Italian football club, Internazional Torino FC where Herbert
Kilpin played as a midfielder. It is thought that Kilpin was the very first
Englishmen to play football outside of the United Kingdom. In 1898, Kilpin
finally left Turin for Milan with a fellow Englishman named Samuel Richard
Davis. A year later the two together became two of the charter founders of the
football club known today as AC Milan.
THOMAS SANDBY
Born: 1721 (Exact Date
Unknown)
Died: 17th
June 1798
Thomas Sandby is best
known for his work in architect and draughtsman. In 1769 he became one of the
many founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts. Before this academy was
formed, he and his brother Paul Sandby ran a drawing academy in Nottingham.
In 1743, Thomas was
personally appointed by the Duke of Cumberland, William Augustus, as his
private secretary and draughtsman. The
most famous piece of work that Thomas Sandby has been remembered for is the architectural
commissioned design of the first Freemason building located on Great Queen
Street, Central London.
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