单词 | hastings, thomas |
释义 | Hastings, ThomasHastings, Thomas,1784–1872, American composer, b. Washington, Conn. Of his hymns, Rock of Ages is most famous. He compiled several books of hymns, including Musica Sacra (1815) and Spiritual Songs (with Lowell Mason, 1831).Hastings, Thomas,1860–1929, American architect, b. New York City, grad. École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He worked in the office of McKim, Mead, and White, New York City, and in 1886 commenced practice in partnership with John M. Carrère. The New York Public Library is their best-known work. Hastings's designs after the death of Carrère (1911) include the memorial amphitheater in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va.Hastings, Thomas(1860–1929)Hastings, Thomas(1860–1929) architect; born in Mineola, N.Y. At the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in the early 1880s he met John Merven Carrère (1858–1911, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), with whom he later formed a highly successful New York partnership (1885–1915) that became identified with Beaux-Arts architecture in its public and corporate buildings, houses, and country estates. Their buildings included the Ponce de León Hotel, St. Augustine, Fla. (1888), and the New York Public Library (1902–11), Manhattan Bridge (1904–11), and the Henry Clay Frick House (1913–14), all in New York. Hastings was the chief designer, favoring the French classical style. Among the many large office buildings dating from the end of his career were the Standard Oil Building, New York (1926). |
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