John Alfred Gotch

Architect

1852 – 1942

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Who was John Alfred Gotch?

John Alfred Gotch was a noted British architect and architectural historian. His brother was the Pre-Raphaelite painter and illustrator Thomas Cooper Gotch, who painted his portrait.

He attended Kettering Grammar School and later studied at the University of Zürich and at King's College London.

In 1879 Gotch set up a private architectural practice in Kettering, Northamptonshire which developed into the firm Gotch & Saunders by entering into partnership with Charles Saunders in 1887. They were later joined by Henry Ralph Surridge and they jointly retired in 1938. The practice still exists as Gotch, Saunders & Surridge LLP, or GSS Architecture.

As well as designing many buildings Gotch had a special interest in Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture, and became a national authority on the subject through his writings. He was the author of nine books in this field, as well as editor of a book on the history of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Apart from his renown as an architectural historian, he also achieved eminence as a public figure and representative of the architectural profession.

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Born
1852
Kettering
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Died
1942

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on July 23, 2013

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