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| 1827 births | |
| bodley, george frederick | |
| 1907 deaths | |
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He was the youngest son of a physician in Brighton , England. His elder brother, the Rev. W. H. Bodley , became a well-known Roman Catholic preacher and a professor at St Mary’s College , New Oscott , Birmingham . George Bodley was articled to the famous architect Sir , and the leading ecclesiastical architect in England. One of his first churches was ''St Michael and All Angels'', Brighton (1855), and his principal buildings include by Bodley and Garner ( 1872 - 76 ; demolished 1929 )]]
His domestic work included the London School Board offices, the new buildings at Magdalen College, Oxford , and Hewell Grange (for Lord Windsor). From 1872 he worked in a twenty year partnership with Thomas Garner . He also designed (with his pupil James Vaughan ) the cathedral at Washington, D.C. , and cathedrals at San Francisco and in Tasmania . . Bodley was appointed to oversee the work of Giles Gilbert Scott during the early construction of the cathedral and had his strongest influence during the construction of the Lady Chapel.]] In 1902 , Bodley was one of the assessors for the competition to design the new Anglican Cathedral In Liverpool selecting the design by the young Giles Gilbert Scott . When construction of the cathedral began in 1904 , Bodley was appointed to oversee Gilbert Scott's work and made several changes to the interior design of the Lady Chapel. Bodley began contributing to the Royal Academy in 1854 , and in 1881 was elected A.R.A., becoming R.A. in 1902 . In addition to being a most learned master of architecture, he was a beautiful draughtsman, and a connoisseur in art; he published a volume of poems in 1899 ; and he was a designer of wallpaper and chintzes for Watts & Co., of Baker Street , London; in early life he had been in close alliance with the Pre-Raphaelite s, and he did a great deal, like William Morris , to improve public taste in domestic decoration and furniture. He died on 21 October 1907 at Water Eaton , Oxford . REFERENCES |
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