Godfrey Goodwin was born in 1921 in England. He taught at Robert College İstanbul from 1957 to 1968. He is currently teaching art and architecture at Boğaziçi University Summer School. His publications include:

A History of Ottoman Architecture (1971-1987) Ottoman Turkey (1977) Sinan: Ottoman Architecture and its Values Today (1993) The Private World of Ottoman Women (1997) The Janissaries (1997)