biography
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Scott, Sir George Gilbert
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| male
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| lived:
| (1811–78)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, SC England, UK. He studied in London, and influenced by Pugin became the leading practical architect of the British Gothic revival, responsible for the building or restoration of many ecclesiastical and civil buildings, such as the Albert Memorial (1862–3), St Pancras Station and Hotel in London (1865), and Glasgow University (1865). He became professor of architecture at the Royal Academy in 1868, and was knighted in 1872. |
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