About Moses Somake
Lived 1875 – 1947 (aged 71–72). Moses Somake was an architect.
Moses Somake ( – ) was a British architect known for designing several prominent buildings in British India. His works, built before the Partition of India and located in modern-day Pakistan, include the Edward House, BVS Parsi High School, Karachi Goan Association building, Khaliq Dina Hall, Mules Mansion and Quaid-e-Azam House.
Early life and career Somake was born on 6 June 1875 in Lahore, Punjab Province, British India, to a Jewish family of mixed Sephardi (from Spain) and Mizrahi (from Iraq) origin.
He spent most of his life in the city of Karachi before migrating to the United Kingdom in the mid-1940s.
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British architect (1875–1947)
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