| 词条 | Henry Medd |
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|name = Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd |image = Medd, Henry Alexander Nesbitt (1892-1977) - 1st IV rowing 1910.jpg |image_size = |caption = Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd pictured in the Abingdon School first IV rowing team |nationality = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|9|21|df=yes}} |birth_place = North Cerney |death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|10|26|1892|9|21|df=yes}} |death_place = Lambeth }}Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd (September 21, 1892 - October 26, 1977), was a British-born architect, whose career was made in India. He is most known for being in the team of architects, team led by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, which designed the new capital of India, New Delhi (1911–1931).Post inauguration of New Delhi, when most of architects left, he stayed on, designed many more buildings and eventually remained, Chief Architect to the Government of India (1939–47).[1] Early life and education{{double image |1=right |2=Cathedral Church of the Redemption - New Delhi.jpg |3=120 |4=Sacred Heart Cathedral (New Delhi).jpg |5=120|6=Cathedral Church of the Redemption and Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi designed by Medd |7= |8=Left image alt text |9=Right image alt text}}Son of the Reverend Canon Peter Medd of North Cerney, Cirencester, a founder of Keble College, Oxford, Henry Medd was a Young and Summers Scholar at Abingdon School, from 1906-1910.[1] He was a keen sportsman at Abingdon, rowing bow for the first IV, for which he received Colours. He was a 2nd XI footballer, was a competent gymnast and enjoyed debating.[2] CareerHe was articled to F. C. Eden (1911) and entered the office of Sir Edwin Lutyens (1915). The team included, apart from him, architects like Robert Tor Russell, William Henry Nicholls, C. G. Blomfield, Walter Sykes George, F. B. Blomfield and Arthur Gordon Shoosmith, which designed numerous buildings in Lutyens' Delhi.[3]{{failed verification|date=June 2012}} He was Sir Herbert Baker's representative in New Delhi (1919–31) and designed the Cathedral Church of the Redemption and the Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi (1927–28). He designed law courts at Nagpur (1937) and was Chief Architect to the Government of India (1939–47).[4] He was Master of the Art Workers Guild (1959). See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/flipping/SchoolRegister/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#page243|title=Register|publisher=Abingdon School}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1910_April_V004_N017.pdf#page=3|title=Rowing|publisher=The Abingdonian}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=A ‘garden’ in the centre of New Delhi|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/A-garden-in-the-centre-of-New-Delhi/Article1-707694.aspx|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=June 9, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022220905/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/A-garden-in-the-centre-of-New-Delhi/Article1-707694.aspx|archivedate=October 22, 2012|df=}} 4. ^{{cite book |title=Stones of empire: the buildings of the Raj|author=Jan Morris|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005|isbn=0-19-280596-7 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zD1Ugfq9KwC&pg=PA176&dq=Henry+Medd+architect&hl=en&ei=ASNyTtOkMciHrAfa2qTuBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Medd%20architect&f=false |ref= }} External links
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