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Sir Herbert Baker | |
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| Born | 9 June 1862 Cobham, Kent, England |
| Died | 4 February 1946 (aged 83) Cobham |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Bank of England; India House; Glyn, Mills & Co.; South Africa House; Monteviot House;[1][2] Union Buildings, Pretoria; St John's College, Johannesburg; State House, Nairobi |
Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures. He was born and died at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.
Among the many churches, schools and houses he designed in South Africa are the Union Buildings in Pretoria, St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, St. John's College, Johannesburg, the Wynberg Boys' High School, Groote Schuur in Cape Town, and the Champagne Homestead and Rhodes Cottage on Boschendal, between Franschhoek and Stellenbosch.[3] With Sir Edwin Lutyens he was instrumental in designing, among other buildings, Parliament House, and the North and South Blocks of the Secretariat, all in New Delhi, which in 1931 became the capital of the British Raj, as well as its successor states the Dominion of India and the Republic of India. In 1928 he also designed the European School, Nairobi, the original co-education primary school of both Nairobi School and The Kenya High School. His other prominent works include the East African Railways Headquarters, Government House and the administration building at the then Prince of Wales School in Nairobi. His tomb is in Westminster Abbey.
- ^ Basic biographical details of Herbert Baker at the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Biographical Database.
- ^ Abramson, Daniel M (21 May 2009). "Baker, Sir Herbert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30547. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Boschendal 2007. Publisher Boschendal Limited ISBN 978-0-620-38001-0