Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Hogg Ferrie | Designation: | | Born: | 25 January 1884 | Died: | 14 March 1958 | Bio Notes: | John Hogg Ferrie was born on 25 January 1884 in Leith, the son of John Ferrie, jeweller, and his wife, Jane Aitchison. In 1900 he became a pupil of George S Hill of Glasgow. In 1902 he was appointed to the Glasgow Corporation City Engineer's Department as an apprentice architect, working under Robert William Horn on the full range of public buildings including halls, markets, libraries, police stations, public baths, wash-houses and warehouses. With the exception of three-and-a-half years' war service, he remained with the Corporation thereafter, but he specialised in housing from the mid-1920s onwards, being appointed Senior Architect in the Housing Department in June 1926 and promoted to Principal Architect in the same department three years later. He had studied at the Royal Technical College and at the Glasgow School of Art, where he held a Haldane Bursary for three years.
He was admitted LRIBA in early 1932, his proposers being Horn, John Wilson and Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour. Between the end of his war service and the time of his admittance as LRIBA, he had travelled in Belgium, Switzerland, France and England.
He died on 14 March 1958 at his home in Glasgow. His wife Eliza Scott McCall had predeceased him. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1884 | | Place of birth | | 19, Mosspark Boulevard, Mosspark, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1931 * | 1958 | | | 20, Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1935 | 1939 or after 1940 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1939 | Penilee Housing Estate | | | Glasgow | Scotland | As Chief Housing Architect | | 1944 | Foamslag factory, Amulree Street | Tollcross | | Glasgow | Scotland | Responsible for design as Chief Architect in the Housing Department |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no4091 (box 20) |
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