The New International Encyclopædia/Scott, George Gilbert

SCOTT, Sir George Gilbert (1811-78). An English architect. He was born at Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, and in 1827 was articled to a London architect. Converted by the writings of Pugin, he became a leading spirit of the Gothic revival, and was employed in restoring many of the old English cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral, and in building churches. Prominent among his secular edifices are the Albert Memorial, and the ministerial buildings of the War, Foreign, Home, and Colonial offices. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1861, and was made professor of architecture, his collection of lectures being published under the title Mediæval Architecture (2 vols., London, 1879). He won the gold medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1859, was president of that body (1873-76), and was knighted in 1872. He died in South Kensington, March 27, 1878, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Consult his Recollections (London, 1879).