George edmund street biography sample
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George Edmund Street
English architect (1824–1881)
George Edmund Street | |
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| Born | (1824-06-20)20 June 1824 Woodford, Essex |
| Died | 18 December 1881(1881-12-18) (aged 57) London |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Royal Gold Medal (1874) |
| Buildings | Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London |
George Edmund StreetRA (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an ecclesiastical architect, he is perhaps best known as the designer of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London.
Early life
[edit]Street was the third son of Thomas Street, a solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. He went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell Collegiate School, which he left in 1839. For a few months he worked in his father's business in Philpot Lane, but
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The Ecclesiological Society
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The Ecclesiological Society is marking this anniversary and celebrating Street’s achievement with a lecture given by Peter Howell, author of a forthcoming biography of the architect. Peter Howell is a former chairman of the Victorian Society, and the biographer of J. F. Bentley, architect of Westminster Cathedral.
This is the first annual lecture in memory of the late Geoff Brandwood, a member of the Society’s Council, who through his writing, lecturing and photography did so much to raise awareness and appreciation of Victorian architecture. Geoff was working on a biography of Street at the time of his death, a task now being taken forward by Peter Howell.
The lecture will take place in The Monk Room of the parish centre adjoining Street’s magnificent church of St James-the-Less, Pimlico, which is our current featured church on the website, here.
The church will be open for attendees to visit beforehand, and the lecture at 6pm wil • A short biography of George Street George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881) was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. He was the third son of Thomas Street, solicitor, by his second wife, Mary Anne Millington. George went to school at Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the Camberwell collegiate school, which he left in 1839. For a few months he worked in his father's business in Philpot Lane, but on his father's death he went to live with his mother and sister at Exeter. There his thoughts first turned to architecture, and in 1841 his mother obtained a place for him as pupil in the office of Mr Owen Carter at Winchester. Afterwards he worked for fem years as an improver with Sir George Gilbert Scott in London. At an early age Street became deeply interested in the principles of Gothic architecture, and devoted an unsparing amount of time and labor to studying and sketching the finest examples of medieval buildings in England and on the Continent. His f