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

'''Frederick William Stevens''' was([[November born11]], in[[1847]] – [[BathMarch 3]], [[England1900]] onwas Novemberan 11,English [[1847architectural engineer]].

Born in [[Bath]], [[England]], Hehe 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]].

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]].

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

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