ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Francis Fowke

Francis Fowke was a very smart and important person in history who lived a long time ago. He was born in the year 1823 and grew up in England.

As a grown-up, Francis Fowke learned how to design and build really big and important buildings that many people would use. Some of the buildings he made were for people to live in, and others were for important things like museums and government buildings.

One of the greatest things Francis Fowke designed was a famous building called the Crystal Palace. It was really big and made of glass and iron, and it was built to show off important new inventions and artworks from all around the world. People could go inside and see lots of cool things they had never seen before.

Francis Fowke was so good at his job that he was very popular and respected. Sadly, he died when he was only 48 years old, but his buildings and designs continued to be admired and loved by people all around the world.