# Henry Medd
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{{Short description|British architect (1892–1977)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd
|image = Medd, Henry Alexander Nesbitt (1892-1977) - 1st IV rowing 1910.jpg
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|caption = Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd pictured in the Abingdon School first IV rowing team
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|9|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [North Cerney](/source/North_Cerney)
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|10|26|1892|9|21|df=yes}}
|death_place = [Lambeth](/source/Lambeth)
}}
'''Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd''' [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) [FRIBA](/source/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects)[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Zc3AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Henry+Medd%22+|title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord|author=Whitaker. J|volume=83|date=1951|page=1050}}][{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HtocAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Henry+Medd%22+master+art+workers+guild |title=Artists' Guide|date=1951|page=63}}] (21 September 1892 – 26 October 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](/source/Edwin_Lutyens) and [Herbert Baker](/source/Herbert_Baker), which designed the new capital of India, [New Delhi](/source/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](/source/Government_of_India) (1939–47).[
==Early life and education==
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| footer = [Cathedral Church of the Redemption](/source/Cathedral_Church_of_the_Redemption) and [Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi](/source/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral%2C_New_Delhi), both designed by Medd
}}Son of the Reverend Canon [Peter Medd](/source/Peter_Medd) of North Cerney, Cirencester, a founder of [Keble College, Oxford](/source/Keble_College%2C_Oxford), Henry Medd was a Young and Summers Scholar at [Abingdon School](/source/Abingdon_School), from 1906 to 1910.][{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/flipping/SchoolRegister/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#page243|title=Register|publisher=Abingdon School}}] 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.[{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1910_April_V004_N017.pdf#page=3|title=Rowing|publisher=The Abingdonian}}]
==Career==
He was articled to [F. C. Eden](/source/F._C._Eden) (1911) and entered the office of [Sir Edwin Lutyens](/source/Sir_Edwin_Lutyens) (1915). The team included, apart from him, architects like [Robert Tor Russell](/source/Robert_Tor_Russell), William Henry Nicholls, C. G. Blomfield, [Walter Sykes George](/source/Walter_Sykes_George), F. B. Blomfield and [Arthur Gordon Shoosmith](/source/Arthur_Shoosmith), which designed numerous buildings in [Lutyens' Delhi](/source/Lutyens'_Delhi).[{{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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022220905/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/A-garden-in-the-centre-of-New-Delhi/Article1-707694.aspx|archive-date=October 22, 2012}}]{{failed verification|date=June 2012}}
He was [Sir Herbert Baker](/source/Sir_Herbert_Baker)'s representative in New Delhi (1919–31) and designed the [Cathedral Church of the Redemption](/source/Cathedral_Church_of_the_Redemption) and the [Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi](/source/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral%2C_New_Delhi) (1927–28). He designed law courts at [Nagpur](/source/Nagpur) (1937) and was Chief Architect to the Government of India (1939–47).[{{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&dq=Henry+Medd+architect&pg=PA176 }}]
He was elected Master of the [Art Workers' Guild](/source/Art_Workers'_Guild) in 1959.[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1978_June_V017_N002.pdf|title=Deaths|magazine=The Abingdonian|date=June 1978|volume=17|issue=2|page=57}}]
==See also==
* [List of Old Abingdonians](/source/List_of_Old_Abingdonians)
== References ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk The Lutyens Trust]
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Category:1892 births
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Category:20th-century English architects
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Category:Architects from Gloucestershire
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
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