Moses Somake

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 and Mizrahi origin.
He spent most of his life in the city of Karachi before migrating to the United Kingdom in the mid-1940s.
Somake died in London, England, on 6 April 1947 from a cardiac arrest.