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Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (13 March 1825 – 15 March 1898) was an English emigrant to New Zealand, where he became one of that country's most prominent 19th century architects. He was instrumental in shaping the city of Christchurch's unique architectural identity and culture, and was appointed the first official Provincial Architect of the developing province of Canterbury. Heavily influenced by the Anglo-Catholic philosophy behind early Victorian architecture, he is credited with importing the Gothic revival style to New Zealand. His Gothic designs constructed in both wood and stone in the province are considered unique to New Zealand. Today, he is considered the founding architect of the province of Canterbury. ==Early life== Mountfort was born in Birmingham, an industrial town in the Midlands of England, the son of perfume manufacturer and jeweller Thomas Mountfort and his wife Susanna (née Woolfield). As a young adult he moved to London, where he was an early pupil of George Gilbert Scott (from 1841–46). He also studied architecture under the Anglo-Catholic architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter, whose medieval Gothic style of design was to have a lifelong influence on Mountfort.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Benjamin Mountfort and the Gothic Revival ) Retrieved on 11 August 2008.〕 After completion of his training in 1848, Mountfort practised architecture in London. He married Emily Elizabeth Newman on 20 August 1850, and 18 days later the couple emigrated to New Zealand.〔Lochhead 1999, p. 51〕 They were some of the first settlers to the province of Canterbury, arriving on one of the famed First Four Ships, the ''Charlotte-Jane'' on 16 December 1850.〔Lochhead 1990〕 These first settlers, known as "The Pilgrims",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The First Four Ships ) Retrieved on 12 August 2008.〕 have their names engraved on marble plaques in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, in front of the cathedral that Mountfort helped to design.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cathedral Square First Four Ships Commemorative Plaques ) Retrieved on 13 August 2008.〕
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