Sir george gilbert scott biography sample

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Scott, Sir George Gilbert

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George Gilbert Scott

English architect (1811–1878)

For other people named Gilbert Scott, see Gilbert Scott.

Sir George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott
Born	(1811-07-13)13 July 1811 Parsonage, Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	27 March 1878(1878-03-27) (aged 66) 39 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, London, England
Occupation	Architect
Children	5 including: George Gilbert Scott Jr. John Oldrid Scott Dukinfield Henry Scott
Awards	Royal Gold Medal (1859)
Buildings	Wakefield Cathedral Albert Memorial Foreign and Commonwealth Office Midland Grand Hotel St Pancras railway station Main building of the University of Glasgow St Nicholas Church, Hamburg St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) King's College Chapel, London Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum

Sir George Gilbert ScottRA (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses. Over 800 buildings were designed or altered by him.^[1]

Scott was the architect of many notable buildings, including the Midland

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A brief biography of Sir George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses.

Born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, Scott was the son of a clergyman and grandson of the biblical commentator Thomas Scott. He studied architecture as a pupil of James Edmeston and, from 1832 to 1834, worked as an assistant to Henry Roberts. He also worked as an assistant for his friend Sampson Kempthorne.[1]

In about 1835, Scott took on William Bonython Moffatt as his assistant and later (1838-1845) as partner. Over the next 10 years Scott and Moffatt designed over 40 workhouses. A notable example was the Akroydon model housing scheme.

Meanwhile, he was inspired by Augustus Pugin to join the Gothic revival of the Victorian era, his first notable work in this style being the Martyrs' Memorial on St Giles in Oxford (1841). Later, Scott went beyond copying mediaeval English gothic for his Victorian Gothic or Gothic Revival buildings, and began to introduce features from other styles and European countries as evidenced in his glorious Midland red-brick construction, the 'Midland Grand Hotel' at London's St Pancras Station, from which