Early life William Chambers was born in Göteborg in Sweden ... an experience that set him apart from all his contemporaries. Chambers studied architecture first in Paris, where he met many French ...

Sir William Chambers, architect, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, beside fellow architects Robert Adam and James Wyatt. The inscription on his grave reads: SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS, ...

The stone was re-cut in 1974 and reads: ROBERT ADAM Esquire, ARCHITECT born at Kirkaldie 3rd July 1728 died in London 3rd March 1792 James Macpherson, the Scottish poet, and Sir William Chambers, ...