Colen Campbell (15 June 1676 – 13 September 1729) was a pioneering Scottish architect who spent most of his career in England, and is credited as a founder of the Georgian style. A descendent of the Campbells of Cawdor Castle, he, is believed to be the Colinus Campbell who graduated from the University of Edinburgh in July 1695, he initially trained as a lawyer, being admitted to the Bar and to the Faculty of Graduates on the 29th July 1702. He had travelled in Italy from 1695–1702 and is believed to be the Colinus Campbell who signed the visitor's book at the University of Padua in 1697. He is believed to have trained in and studied architecture under James Smith; this belief is strengthened by Campbell owning several drawings of buildings designed by Smith.
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