Godfrey Goodwin (Lisbon, 24 February 1921 – 18 August 2005) was a scholar who published works on Ottoman architecture and culture.
After his father's death in 1923, his family moved back to England, where he went to school at Clifton College in Bristol, then pursued his education at the French Institute and the RADA in London.
[1] He joined the British army in 1939 and served during the Second World War, which took him to many locations, including Rome, where his interest and education in architecture was fostered.
[1] In 1952, he moved to Turkey and began teaching at an English school in Istanbul, before joining the faculty of Robert College (present-day Boğaziçi University) in 1958 as assistant professor of art and architectural history.
[1] After his wife died in 2000, he moved back to Turkey and taught courses on Ottoman architecture at Boğaziçi University.