Basic Biographical Details Name: | David Wishart Galloway | Designation: | | Born: | 1872 | Died: | 1929 | Bio Notes: | David Wishart Galloway was born in 1872, a native of Brechin, and in 1887 was articled to James Hendry Langlands Senior, who was then in charge of the firm of Ireland & Maclaren of Dundee. He attended classes at Dundee Technical College and School of Art for five years and studied for a further year in Edinburgh, spending a proportion of his summer holidays in study tours of Scotland, England and Ireland. In 1892 he was engaged under Professor Patrick Geddes and Stewart Henbest Capper on the Edinburgh city improvements at Castle Hill, Ramsay Garden and the Mound, and a year later joined Robert Wilson to work on Edinburgh schools. He moved back to Dundee in 1894 to work for Thomas Martin Cappon, in whose office he met and became a friend of Harry East. He commenced independent practice in Brechin in 1896.
Galloway was elected LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by William Fleming Wilkie and the Dundee Institute of Architects; and was admitted FRIBA in late 1928 or early 1929, his proposers being George Penrose Kennedy Young, John Keppie and James Brown Nicol. He died in a motorcycle accident in 1929. The practice was taken over by Maclaren Soutar & Salmond, but refounded by A B Roger who took over the surviving records.
Publications:
'A Post Reformation Church' (Careston), published in 'Transactions of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society', 1907 | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 2, Market Street, Brechin, Angus, Scotland | Business | Before 1897 * | After 1911 | | | 13, Dalhousie Street, Brechin, Angus, Scotland | Private | 1911 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or Pupils
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Keppie | Late 1928 or early 1929 | for Fellowship | | James Brown Nicol | Late 1928 or early 1929 | for Fellowship | | William Fleming Wilkie | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Dundee Institute of Architects | | George Penrose Kennedy Young | Late 1928 or early 1929 | for Fellowship |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Measurers\' Companion | 1911 | The Scottish Architects' and Measurers' Companion | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | A B Roger and Young, Brechin | D Wishart Galloway Archives | | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Personal information from Stuart O Barron | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v17 no1277; F no2671 (box 10) |
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