George Meikle Kemp (1795 in Moorfoot, Peeblesshire, Scotland – March 6, 1844 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish joiner, draftsman, and self-taught architect. After the death of the Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, forty-five year old Kemp entered a competition for the design of the Scott Monument, under the pseudonym "John Morvo". Kemp had feared his lack of architectural qualifications and reputation would disqualify him, but his design was popular with the competition's judges, and in 1838 Kemp was awarded the contract to construct the monument.

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  • George Meikle Kemp (1795 in Moorfoot, Peeblesshire, Scotland – March 6, 1844 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish joiner, draftsman, and self-taught architect. After the death of the Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, forty-five year old Kemp entered a competition for the design of the Scott Monument, under the pseudonym "John Morvo". Kemp had feared his lack of architectural qualifications and reputation would disqualify him, but his design was popular with the competition's judges, and in 1838 Kemp was awarded the contract to construct the monument. Kemp did not live to see the completion of his great work, however. One foggy evening, when walking home from the site, he fell into the Union Canal and drowned. (en)
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  • George Meikle Kemp (1795 in Moorfoot, Peeblesshire, Scotland – March 6, 1844 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish joiner, draftsman, and self-taught architect. After the death of the Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, forty-five year old Kemp entered a competition for the design of the Scott Monument, under the pseudonym "John Morvo". Kemp had feared his lack of architectural qualifications and reputation would disqualify him, but his design was popular with the competition's judges, and in 1838 Kemp was awarded the contract to construct the monument. (en)
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  • George Meikle Kemp (en)
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