Ernest George [also known as Sir Ernest George] was born in Southwark, Surrey [now London], England on June 13, 1839 and was articled for training to the architect Samuel Hewitt (7- 1877) in London. From March 31 1857, he attended the Royal Academy Schools in London where he was awarded the Gold Medal in 1859.

After a period traveling abroad, he returned to London and around 1861 formed a partnership with Thomas Vaughan (18367-1875) who had been a fellow student at the Royal Academy.

Vaughan died in 1875, and the following year George formed a new partnership with Harold Ainsworth Peto (1854-1933).

III health forced Peto to retire from the practice in 1892 and later that year George formed his final partnership, ESource: A modern biography taken from the back of an Ernest George watercolor framed much earlier.

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