• A clerk of works or clerk of the works (CoW) is employed by an architect or a client on a construction site. The role is primarily to represent the interests...
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    of the socio-economic strata where the working and middle classes overlap. Clerks (film) Clerk baronets Clerk family Clerk (surname) Clerk of works Court...
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  • Look up Clerk or clerk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A clerk is someone who works in an office. A retail clerk works in a store. Clerk(s) may also...
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    Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist with broad interests who was responsible for the classical theory of...
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    1382. He was also the clerk of works when much of Windsor Castle was built. William of Wykeham (born William Longe) was the son of John Longe, a freeman...
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    design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports...
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  • Robert Stickells (category Household of Anne of Denmark)
    architect and clerk of works. Stickells was first recorded working to clear obstacles from the harbour at Dover. In 1591 he supervised the panelling of Grocer's...
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    literally translated as "Public Works Engineer" obtained after three years of study and equivalent to a Bachelor of Civil Engineering. In the second...
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    Chevening (category Buildings of the Government of the United Kingdom)
    addition of symmetrical wings by Thomas Fort, a master carpenter and royal clerk of works who had worked under Christopher Wren at Hampton Court. Much remodelled...
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  • A Clerk of the Crown is a clerk who usually works for a monarch or such royal head of state. The term is mostly used in the United Kingdom to refer to...
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