Walter Granville (1819-1874) was among those professionals who "benefited from the wealth, success, and international reach of the British Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century" (Welch et al. 75). One of the most successful architects working in India during the Victorian period, he left behind him a fine legacy of landmark buildings in what was then the second city of Empire — Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). — Jacqueline Banerjee
Biography
Works
- The General Post Office, Kolkata (1864-68)
- The High Court, Kolkata (1872)
- The Indian Museum, Kolkata (1875)
- ll Souls Memorial Church, Cawnpore (1862-75)
Sources
Bach, Brian Paul. Calcutta's Edifice: The Buildings of a Great City. Kolkata: Rupa, 2006.
Davies, Philip. Splendours of the Raj: British Architecture in India, 1160-1947. London: Penguin, 1987.
Gardiner, Rev. Robert Barlow. The Admission Registers of St Paul's School, from 1748-1876. London: G. Bell, 1884. Internet Archive. Web. 1 February 2013.
Granville, Augustus Bozzi. Autobiography of Augustus Bozzi Granville, M.D., FRS, — being Eighty-Eight Years of the Life of a Physician. Ed. Paulina B. Granville. London: Henry S. King, 1874. Internet Archive. Web. 1 February 2013.
Howell, W. B. "Augustus Bozzi Granville — Journeyman Physician." CMAJ . JAMC (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Vol. 25 (6), Dec. 1931: 719-25. Web. 1 February 2013.
Morris, Jan, with Simon Winchester. Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Welch, Anthony, Martin Segger and Nicholas DeCaro. "Building for the Raj: Richard Roskell Bayne." RRCAR (Canadian Art Review). XXXIV: 2 (2009): 74-86. Web. 1 February 2013.
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