George Wittet
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'''George Wittet''' ([[1878]]-[[1926]]) was born in [[Blair Atholl]], [[Scotland]]. He studied architecture with a Mr. Heiton of [[Perth, Scotland]]<!--what is the relevance of this?-->, and worked in both [[Edinburgh]] (Scotland) and [[York]] ([[England]]) before moving to [[India]].
George Wittet arrived in India in 1904 and became an assistant to [[John Begg]], then Consulting Architect to Bombay. These two men were responsible for the evolution and subsequent popularity of the [[Indo-Saracenic]] Style of [[architecture]].
Wittet's designs are among the most well-known of Bombay's landmarks—the [[Prince of Wales Museum]], 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]], and The 'Grand Hotel'(http://www.grandhotelbombay.com/) in the Ballard Estate, by the Bombay Docks. He died of acute dysentery in Bombay in the year 1926, and is buried in the [[Sewri cemetery]].
==References==
*[http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/george-wittet.html George Wittet]
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