James William Wild

James William Wild was a British architect. Initially working in the Gothic style, he later employed roundarched forms. He spent several years in Egypt. He acted as decorative architect to the Great Exhibition of 1851, and designed the Grimsby Dock Tower, completed in 1852. After a considerable break in his career he worked on designs for the South Kensington Museum, and designed the British embassy in Tehran. He was curator of the Sir John Soanes Museum from 1878 until his death in 1892.

Wild was born in Lincoln, the son of the watercolourist Charles Wild.

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