Edmund Aikin was an English architect.

He was the youngest son of John Aikin, M.D., and was born at Warrington

Warrington

Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...

 on 2 October 1780. He was assistant to General Sir Samuel Bentham

Samuel Bentham

Sir Samuel Bentham was a noted English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons...

, the architect of the Millbank Penitentiary, and published some designs in concert with him. About 1814 his business took him to Liverpool

Liverpool

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. He settled there, and furnished designs for various buildings in that city. He wrote articles upon architecture in Rees's Encyclopædia, an account of St. Paul's Cathedral, and other treatises. Between 1804 and 1814 he exhibited some designs at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

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. He died at Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington is a district in the London Borough of Hackney. It is north-east of Charing Cross.-Boundaries:In modern terms, Stoke Newington can be roughly defined by the N16 postcode area . Its southern boundary with Dalston is quite ill-defined too...

on 11 March 1820, whilst on a visit to his father.