Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Fraser & Son | Designation: | | Born: | c. 1938(?) | Died: | | Bio Notes: | John Fraser was practising in Dunfermline from at least the second decade of the 20th century. He undertook work for the Carnegie Trust and for the Dunfermline Co-operative Society.
His son John Strachan Fraser followed him into the profession. Born on 14 March 1908, he attended day classes at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art from 1925 to 1928, gaining his certificate in the latter year and with it an exemption from the RIBA intermediate examination. He worked in the office of Dick Peddie & Walker Todd from August 1928 to October 1930, continuing to study at the College of Art, and travelling around Scotland and to Oxford and the Cotswolds during his holidays. He gained his diploma in June 1931 and passed the Professional Practice exam the following month, enabling him to be admitted ARIBA early the following year, his proposers being John Begg, Frank Charles Mears and Charles Denny Carus-Wilson. By that time he had joined his father's practice at 3 Randolph Street, Dunfermline and was living at 24 Woodmill Road in the same town. He was taken into partnership as John Fraser & Son later in the 1930s.
In 1950 the practice title was given as John Fraser & Sons indicating that a second son had joined the practice by that date. Iti is still listed as such in 1970.
The elder Fraser died in 1941. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Business | | | | | 11, Maygate, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Business | Before 1959 | After 1964 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Fraser | c. 1938(?) | 1941(?) | Partner | | | John Strachan Fraser | c. 1938(?) | After 1980(?) | Partner | |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 29 May 1959 | | | p978 |
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