George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott
Born	(1811-07-13)13 July 1811 Parsonage, Gawcott, Buckinghamshire
Died	27 March 1878(1878-03-27) (aged 66) 39 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, London
Occupation	Architect
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 Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) King's College London Chapel

Sir George Gilbert Scott RA (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), styled 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.

Scott was the architect of many iconic buildings, including the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, the Albert Memorial, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, all in London, St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, the main building of the University of Glasgow, St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh and King's College London Chapel.

Born in Gawcott, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, Scott was the son of a cleric 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, who specialised in the design of workhouses, a field in which Scott was to begin his independent career.

Scott's first work was built in 1833. It was a vicarage for his father, a clergyman, in the village of Wappenham, Northamptonshire. It replaced the previous vicarage occupied by other relatives of Scott. Scott went on to design several other buildings in the village.