John Begg

John Begg

John Begg (1866-1937) was a Scottish architect, who practised in London, South Africa and India, before returning to Scotland to teach at Edinburgh College of Art from 1922-1933.

He arrived in India in 1901 as Consulting Architect to Bombay. In 1906 he became Consulting Architect to the Government of India. He, with George Wittet, was responsible for the evolution of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. Begg's best-known building is the General Post Office in Bombay.

References

* [http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/john-begg.html John Begg]
* [http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M000375 John Begg] , Dictionary of Scottish Architects]


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