Name George Aitchison Role Architect | Parents George Aitchison | |
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Died May 16, 1910, Marylebone, United Kingdom Structures Leighton House Museum, House, Somerset Street, London, 59-61 Mark Lane, London | ||
George Aitchison Jr. RA (London 7 November 1825 – 16 May 1910) was a British architect.
He was the son of George Aitchison (1792–1861). He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and University College London. He was articled to architect Henry Hake Seward from 1813 to 1823.
His best-known work is Leighton House, Kensington, for Baron Leighton.
He became an associate member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1881 and a full member in 1898, and was Professor of Architecture there from 1887 to 1905. He became a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1862 and was its President from 1896 to 1899. He won the Royal Gold Medal in 1898.
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