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{{Short description|English architectural engineer}}

[[Image:Fig004.jpeg|thumb|300px|left|Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, circa 1903]]

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'''Frederick William Stevens''' ([[November 11]], [[1847]] – [[March 3]], [[1900]] was an English [[architectural engineer]].

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|birth_date =11 November 1847

|birth_place =[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]

|death_date =5 March 1900 (age 52)

|death_place =[[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|India]]

|yearsactive =1870s–1890s

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'''Frederick William Stevens''' (11 November 1847 – 5 March 1900) was an English [[architectural engineer]] who worked for the British colonial government in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeyaraj|first=George J.|title=Indo Saracenic Architecture in Chennai|url=http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/pdfs/seminar_heritage_buildings/Indo_Saracenic_Architecture_in_Chennai.pdf|publisher=Chennai Metropolitan Area|access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref> Stevens' most notable design was the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus|railway station Victoria Terminus]] in Bombay (in 1996, it was renamed the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] in [[Mumbai]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/fw-stevens.html |title=Frederick William Stevens |date=21 July 1997 |publisher=Mumbai/Bombay Pages |access-date=12 September 2009}}</ref>

Stevens also designed the [[Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai]] the Royal Alfred Sailor's Home, the Army and Navy Building at [[Kala Ghoda]], the Post-Office Mews at [[Wellington Pier (Bombay)|Apollo Bunder]], the head offices of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|the BB&CI Railway]] at [[Churchgate railway station|Churchgate]], and the Oriental Life Assurance Offices at the [[Flora Fountain]].<ref>"Frederick William Stevens". Mumbai Pages . 23 June 2010 <http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/fw-stevens.html>.</ref> He also designed the [[Rajmahal, Mehsana|Rajmahal Palace at Mehsana]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Sergeant|first=Philip W.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276073|title=The Ruler of Baroda: An Account of the Life and Work of the Maharaja Gaekwar|publisher=John Murray|year=1928|___location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=226–229}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Aklekar|first=Rajendra B.|date=22 April 2017|title=A Sentimental Visit to Mumbai to See Her Great Grandfather's Magnificent Buildings|url=https://thewire.in/history/victoria-terminus-chatrapati-shivaji-terminus-mumbai-f-w-stevens|access-date=6 November 2020|website=The Wire|language=en|quote=Stevens also designed and supervised buildings in Calcutta, Kanpur, Agra, Benaras, markets at Patan and court houses at Mehsana for the Gaekwads of Baroda.}}</ref>

Born in [[Bath]], [[England]], he was articled in [[1862]], and became an [[engineer]] attached to the [[India Public Works Department]] in [[1867]]. After a year in [[Pune]], he was transferred to [[Bombay]] and the office of the Architect to the Government of [[India]].

He died inon Mumbai on5 March 3, 1900, offollowing [[malaria|malarial fever]], and was buried in the [[Sewri cemeteryChristian Cemetery]].

In [[1877]] his services were loaned to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] for the design of the Victoria Terminus, renamed in [[1996]] as the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]], and probably the second most highly photographed building in India after the [[Taj Mahal]]. The high-priest of the Indian Gothic style, he also designed several other buildings in Mumbai, including the [[The Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai|Municipal Corporation Building]], the Royal Alfred Sailor's Home, the Post-Office Mews at [[Apollo Bunder]], the head offices of the [[Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway]] (BB&CI) at [[Churchgate]], and the Oriental Life Assurance Offices at the [[Flora Fountain]] in [[Mumbai]].

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His name and statue can be seen in a scene in the 2006 film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''.

He died in Mumbai on March 3, 1900, of [[malaria|malarial fever]], and was buried in the Sewri cemetery.

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|DATE OF DEATH=1900

|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Mumbai]]

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