Thomas Goodwillie (sculptor)
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Thomas Goodwillie (sculptor)
Thomas Goodwillie was a Scottish sculptor active in Moray in the nineteenth century. He is known for carving the statue of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, George Gordon in his robes of the office of chancellor of University of Aberdeen#Marischal College, Marischall College, Aberdeen, in 1855, which sits atop the Duke of Gordon's Monument, and for his work with David Bryce, creating many of the sculptures that decorate Cullen House. He worked with William Robertson (Scottish architect), Alexander Reid on numerous buildings, including the parish church at Inverkeithny, and the Falconer Museum in Forres, for which he carved the faces of eminent scientists into the keystones of the arched interior. He also carved the bull's head into the keystone of the arch at the west front of Alexander Ross (architect), Alexander Ross's large Italianate architecture, Italianate range at Home Farm in Kinloss, Scotland, Kinloss, and he created the Cartouche (design), cartouche featuring Saint Giles ...
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Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princess nobility and grand dukes. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''doux'', survived in the Eastern Roman Empire where it continued in several contexts, signifying a rank equivalent to a captain ...
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