George Wittet
George Wittet | |
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Born | 1878 |
Died | 1926 | (aged 47–48)
Occupation | Architect |
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George Wittet (1878-1926) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in Mumbai, India.
Biography
George Wittet was born in Blair Atholl, Scotland in 1878. He studied architecture with a Mr. Heiton of Perth, Scotland, and worked in Edinburgh and York before moving to India.
Wittet arrived in India in 1904 and became an assistant to John Begg, then Consulting Architect to Mumbai. The two men played a large part in the development and popularization of Indo-Saracenic architecture, based on careful study of Indian models.[1]
On 12 May 1917, Wittet, by then Consulting Architect to the Government of Mumbai, was unanimously elected as the first President of The Indian Institute of Architects.[2]
Wittet designed some of Mumbai's best known landmarks: the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Saghralaya, the Gateway of India, the Institute of Science, the Small Causes Court at Dhobitalao, the Wadia Maternity Hospital, Bombay House, the King Edward Memorial Hospital, the Grand Hotel and other buildings at the Ballard Estate, by the Mumbai Docks.
In Karachi, he designed the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) building.[3]
He died of acute dysentery in Mumbai in 1926, and is buried in the Sewri cemetery.
References
- ^ "George Wittet". The Mumbai Pages. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Presidents". Indian Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ History Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine KPT official website Retrieved 5 August 2013
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