Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Giles Gilbert Scott |
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Birthdate | November 09, 1880 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 144 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Architect |
Giles Gilbert Scott is best known as Architect who has born on November 09, 1880 in England. Currently, Giles Gilbert Scott is 144 years, 0 months and 12 days old. Giles Gilbert Scott will celebrate 145th birthday on Sunday, 9th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Giles Gilbert Scott upcoming birthday.
Designer of the iconic red telephone box that is recognizable around the world as a British trademark. Also recognized for his work on the Liverpool Cathedral, the Waterloo Bridge, and the Battersea Power Station.
He attended Beaumont College, and in January 1899, he worked for Temple Moore as an articled pupil. He won the design competition for the construction of a new cathedral in the diocese of Liverpool, even though he had no previous experience and was only 22.
He became president of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1933, its centenary; he previously was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1925.
His father, George Gilbert Scott, Jr., and grandfather, Sir George Gilbert Scott, were also architects. His father struggled with mental stability and rarely saw his son, but Giles came to appreciate his father as an architectural genius later on.
He was born in the same country as fellow architect Christopher Wren.
Giles Gilbert Scott is 144 years old today.
Giles Gilbert Scott was born on November 09, 1880 in England.
Giles Gilbert Scott zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Giles Gilbert Scott was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Giles Gilbert Scott's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1979 | Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled. |
1985 | Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov. |
1989 | Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin. |
1993 | Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat-Bosniak War. |
1994 | The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered. |
1998 | A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing. |
1998 | Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. |
1999 | TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board. |
2000 | Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh. |
2004 | Firefox 1.0 is released. |
2005 | The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
2005 | Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people. |
2012 | A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others. |
2012 | At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo. |
2020 | Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: An armistice agreement is signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia. |
1981 | The birth of Kane Waselenchuk, Canadian racquetball player |
1981 | The birth of Jobi McAnuff, Jamaican footballer |
1982 | The birth of Boaz Myhill, American-Welsh footballer |
1982 | The birth of Jana Pittman, Australian hurdler |
1983 | The birth of Rob Elloway, German rugby player |
1983 | The birth of Ted Potter Jr., American golfer |
1983 | The birth of Michael Turner, English footballer |
1984 | The birth of Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress |
1984 | The birth of Seven, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor |
1985 | The birth of Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player |
1988 | The birth of Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer |
1989 | The birth of Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer |
1990 | The birth of Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer |
1996 | The birth of Momo Hirai, Japanese dancer and singer |
2014 | The death of Rubén Alvarez, Argentinian golfer (b. 1961) |
2014 | The death of Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, Qatari prince (b. 1966) |
2014 | The death of R. A. Montgomery, American author and publisher (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Myles Munroe, Bahamian pastor and author (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Orlando Thomas, American football player (b. 1972) |
2014 | The death of Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Carol Doda, American actress and dancer (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (b. 1986) |
2015 | The death of Byron Krieger, American fencer (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Andy White, Scottish drummer (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955) |
2017 | The death of Chuck Mosley, American singer songwriter (b. 1959) |
2017 | The death of Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (b. 1982) |
2021 | The death of Max Cleland, American politician (b. 1942) |
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