Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Armour (junior) | Designation: | | Born: | 1866 | Died: | 29 April 1949 | Bio Notes: | John Armour junior was born in 1866, the son of Irvine architect John Armour senior. He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and Kilmarnock School of Art from 1880 to 1883, and attended the architecture classes at Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College from 1883 onwards, winning two prizes and a year's scholarship for his drawings and lecture notes, and all the while spending the rest of his time working for his father. During the summer holidays he travelled in France, Germany and Belgium, and every spring and autumn for twelve years attended the School of Art visits to the Cathedral towns of England. Around 1892-3 he was resident architect' in Kilwinning possibly working for the Freemasons (or could this have been his father?).
He commenced practice as a principal in 1896 and his father took him into partnership along with a brother in 1903, the firm becoming J & J Armour. He was elected LRIBA in early 1911, his proposers being his teacher Alexander McGibbon, Andrew Robertson and James Milne Monro; and he became FRIBA in 1921, proposed by John Watson, James Lochhead and McGibbon. He took over the practice at his father's death in 1915. He died on 29 April 1949. No details are available of his brother (he had two brothers, William and Hugh) who may have practised in a different capacity. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Smithhill, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | Private | c. 1889 | After 1920 | | | 43, Bridgegate, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | Business | 1903 | After 1943 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Armour (senior) | 1883 | c. 1887 | Apprentice(?) | | | John Armour (senior) | c. 1887 | 1 January 1903 | Assistant | | | J & J Armour | 1 January 1903 | 1949 | Partner | |
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | James Paterson Allison | 1 December 1946 | For Associateship | | Hugh Harvey | 13 April 1943 | for Licentiateship | | Hugh Stewart Mark | 19 June 1939 | for Associateship |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | | | RIBA | 1930 | The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1926 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | July 1948 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p427 Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | RIBA Biographical Files | | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional information from Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v11 no607 (microfilm reel 33); F no1750 (microfilm reel 14) |
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