Edward Calvert (born circa late 1847 - early 1848; died 26 June 1914) was a Scottish domestic architect. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I...

Calvert's work appears to have been exclusively confined to Edinburgh, and was mostly concerned with the creation of Baronial tenements (particularly in Marchmont) and villas in the Second Empire and Jacobean styles. He is responsible for a varied selection of villas in the vicinity of Colinton Road in Merchiston. He is also known to have designed modifications for at least one New Town building, in Abercromby Place, in 1899. Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Greenock Sheriff Court displays crow-stepped gables and corbelled corner turrets. ... Typical Marchmont tenement Marchmont is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The canonical example of Second Empire style is the Opéra Garnier, in which Neo-Baroque meets Neo-Renaissance. ... Jacobean - an early phase of English Renaissance architecture and decoration. ... Merchiston is an wealthy area in the south-west of Edinburgh. ... The Edinburgh New Town is a neo-classical masterpiece. ...

References

• Dictionary of Scottish Architects entry on Edward Calvert
• McWilliam, Colin (Editor), "The buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh", Penguin, 1984, ISBN 0-14-071068-X

External links

• Dictionary of Scottish Architects