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Giles Gilbert Scott

1880 - 1960

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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (9 November 1880 – 8 February 1960) was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box. Scott came from a family of architects. His father George Gilbert Scott Jr. was a co-founder of Watts & Co., which Scott became the second chairman of. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giles Gilbert Scott is the 496th most popular architect (down from 478th in 2019), the 5,491st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,772nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giles Gilbert Scott ranks 496 out of 518. Before him are Gülsün Sağlamer, Joseph Pickford, Aston Webb, Benjamin Mountfort, Einari Teräsvirta, and Robert A. M. Stern. After him are John Russell Pope, Maya Lin, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Herbert Baker, Arnstein Arneberg, and Carme Pigem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Giles Gilbert Scott ranks 223. Before him are Frances Perkins, Alexander Hall, Thomas Thorstensen, Tom Taylor, Louis Wolheim, and Jean Alexandre Barré. After him are Damon Runyon, Georg Hoffmann, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Elizabeth Kenny, Nora Bayes, and Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough. Among people deceased in 1960, Giles Gilbert Scott ranks 229. Before him are Benjamin Bradshaw, Thalia Flora-Karavia, Phyllis Haver, Clara Kimball Young, Julius Frey, and George Bonhag. After him are Charlie Buchan, Jimmy Bryan, Johnny Thomson, Edward Brophy, Rudolf Degermark, and Hope Emerson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Giles Gilbert Scott ranks 5,493 out of 8,785. Before him are Clive Brook (1887), Brendan Coyle (1963), Bruce Halford (1931), Chris Claremont (1950), Steve O'Rourke (1940), and Bob Bell (1958). After him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Richard K. Morgan (1965), Kelly Johnson (1958), Polly Samson (1962), Harry Johnston (1858), and Nigel Lawson (1932).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Giles Gilbert Scott ranks 47. Before him are Calvert Vaux (1824), Robert Smirke (1780), Peter Cook (1936), Joseph Pickford (1736), Aston Webb (1849), and Benjamin Mountfort (1825). After him are Herbert Baker (1862), Charles Holden (1875), and Lesley Lokko (1964).

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