Architect, journalist and social reformer. Editor of "The Builder". Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial.
Born in Brompton Terrace, Kensington. Died at home at 6 Cromwell Place, Kensington.
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George Godwin, 1813 - 1888, architect, journalist and social reformer, lived ...
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