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Today's featured article William Burges in 1881. William Burges (2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoclassical architectural style and re-establish the architectural and social values of a utopian medieval England. Burges stands within the tradition of the Gothic Revival, his works echoing those of the Pre-Raphaelites and heralding those of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Burges's career was short but illustrious; he won his first major commission for Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork in 1863. His architectural output was small but varied. Burges's most notable works are Cardiff Castle, constructed between 1866 and 1928 and Castell Coch (1872–91), both of which were undertaken for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute. Other notable buildings include Gayhurst House, Buckinghamshire (1858–65), Knightshayes Court (1867–74), the Church of Christ the Consoler (1870–76) and St Mary's, Studley Royal (1870–78) in Yorkshire, and Park House, Cardiff, (1871–80). Beyond architecture, Burges designed metalwork, sculpture, jewellery, furniture and stained glass. (Read more...) Featured article · Archive · Daily email · More featured content Today's featured picture Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, swallowtails inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera. This Zerynthia rumina butterfly, also known as the Spanish festoon, was photographed in Extremadura, Spain. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: Takht-i-Bahi ATLAS experiment Malabar pied hornbill   Did you know... Uniform of Capital Bicycle Club ... that residents reported the first cycling club in Washington, D.C. (uniform pictured), to the police over concerns that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians? ... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Emmanuella Atora described her career as "I hit people for a living"? ... that an American citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to overthrow the government of Cambodia? ... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms? ... that eight cardboard white elephants were put up as a form of public protest to lobby for the opening of Buangkok MRT station in Singapore? ... that "Lucki" Allen's prediction of the Tet Offensive was ignored, but she was later inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame? ... that the idea for Clustertruck came from a developer wanting to escape traffic? ... that American Olympic rugby player Sarah Levy is the great-granddaughter of a Springbok? ... that David Tennant filmed a Doctor Who mini-episode on his birthday?   In the news Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina (pictured) resigns as the prime minister of Bangladesh and flees to India following anti-government protests. Following a mass stabbing in Southport, far-right protesters riot in England and Northern Ireland. The United States, Russia, and their respective allies agree to a prisoner exchange of 26 people. Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated in Tehran, Iran. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Summer Olympics timeline Recent deaths: Billy Bean Yamini Krishnamurthy Antônio Meneses Jürgen Ahrend Anshuman Gaekwad Fuad Shukr   On this day... August 8 LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin 1264 – Reconquista: In the early stages of the Mudéjar revolt, Muslim rebels captured the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera in present-day Spain, holding it for about two months. 1919 – The Third Anglo-Afghan War ended with the United Kingdom signing a treaty to recognise the independence of the Emirate of Afghanistan. 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin (pictured) departed Lakehurst, New Jersey, on a flight to circumnavigate the world. 2009 – Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey. 2014 – The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern. Christoph Ludwig Agricola (d. 1724) Esther Hobart Morris (b. 1814) Ernest Lawrence (b. 1901) Elisabeth Abegg (d. 1974) More anniversaries: August 7 August 8 August 9

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