Talk: Joseph Paxton "the busiest man in england"
Schedule
Wed, 12 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust | Buxton, EN
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Joseph Paxton "the busiest man in england" by Danny Wells£12 per person, Tickets available in the Pump Room or online.
Talk starts at 6pm.
From a humble Bedfordshire background Paxton became the Head Gardener at Chatsworth in Derbyshire by the age of 23. With his tremendous abilities and energy, allied to great support from the sixth Duke of Devonshire and his competent and devoted wife Sarah, he became:
-a renowned gardener and plantsman
-an engineer of distinction
-a pioneer of modern architecture.
‘Ask Paxton’ was the advice given to anyone in any kind of difficulty following his incredible design of the ‘Crystal Palace’ for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park in1851. But there is a lot more to the man for whom Charles Dickens described as a workaholic ‘whose very leisure would K*ll a man of leisure with its hard work’.
Come and hear more about this incredible life.
Historian Danny Wells has a deep love for history and qualified as a history teacher in the 1970s. He spent many years working in community development and education for local authorities, Oxfam, Save the Children Fund, and other smaller community organizations. He holds an MA Degree in Architectural History and founded ‘Breathing Life into History’ in 2004. He has now presented over 900 talks across the Uk.
Tickets available via the link https://buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/josephpaxtontalk/
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Where is it happening?
Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust, The Crescent,Buxton, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
