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Sir George Gilbert Scott
b. Gawcott, Bucks., 1811;
d. London, 1878.
Sir George Gilbert Scott, a famous architect who is the most prolific exponent of the High Gothic revival in Britain. He was articled to James Edmeston (1827-31) and in partnership with W B. Moffat (c.1834-1845). After encountering Pugin’s ideas, he became an early adherent of the new [...]

George Edmund Street
b. Woodford, Essex, 1824;
d. London, 1881.
George Edmund Street,a leading British practitioner and theorist of High Victorian Gothic. After three years in the office of Owen Carter of Winchester, he worked in Scott’s London office 1845-9. He practised in Oxford (1852-6) and subsequently in London. A member of the Ecclesiological Society, he was [...]