Frederick William Stevens

Frederick William Stevens (11 November 1847 – 3 March 1900)

was an English architectural engineer who worked for the British
Frederick William Stevens
colonial government in India.[1] Stevens' most notable design was the
railway station Victoria Terminus in Bombay (in 1996 renamed the
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai).[2]

Stevens also designed the Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai

the Royal Alfred Sailor's Home, the Post-Office Mews at Apollo
Bunder, the head offices of the BB&CI Railway at Churchgate, and
the Oriental Life Assurance Offices at the Flora Fountain.[3] He also
designed the Rajamahal palace at Mehsana.[4][5]

He died on 3 March 1900 following malaria.[6] His name and statue

can be seen in a scene in the 2006 movie Slumdog Millionaire.

Born 11 November 1847

Bath, Somerset,
England, United
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1. Jeyaraj, George J. "Indo Saracenic Architecture in Died 3 March 1900 (age
Channai" (http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/pdfs/seminar_he 52)
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Bombay, Bombay
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30 October 2011. Presidency, India
2. "Frederick William Stevens" (http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/ Years active 1870s-1890s
persons/fw-stevens.html). Mumbai/Bombay pages.
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2010 <http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/fw-
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4. Sergeant, Philip W. (1928). The Ruler of Baroda: An
Account of the Life and Work of the Maharaja Gaekwar (htt
ps://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276073).
Albemarle Street, London: John Murray. pp. 226–229.
5. Aklekar, Rajendra B. (22 April 2017). "A Sentimental Visit
to Mumbai to See Her Great Grandfather's Magnificent
Buildings" (https://thewire.in/history/victoria-terminus-chatr
apati-shivaji-terminus-mumbai-f-w-stevens). The Wire.
Retrieved 6 November 2020. "court houses at Mehsana for
the Gaekwads of Baroda."
6. https://bijoor.me/2017/06/17/mumbai-heritage-architects-
graves-monuments/

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