Ernest George

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1886 watercolour of Fleet Street by George, from a contemporary print
1886 watercolour of Fleet Street by George, from a contemporary print

Sir Ernest George RA (1839-1922) was an English architect.

His London office was known as "The Eton of architects' offices"[1] . His Pupils included Herbert Baker, Guy Dawber, John Bradshaw Gass and Edwin Lutyens. George was the architect of the Golders Green Crematorium.

He designed houses for the Cadogan Estate in Chelsea and Kensington with Harold Peto in the 1870s and a number of country houses with, former pupil Alfred Yeats.

[edit] Houses by George & Yeats

[edit] Painting

George painted in England, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany and Italy.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ A. Stuart Gray, Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary (1985), ISBN 0 7156 2141 6, p.186.
  2. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 edition