Basic Biographical Details Name: | Edward John May | Designation: | | Born: | 1853 | Died: | 16 March 1941 | Bio Notes: | Edward John May was born a Roman Catholic in 1853 and articled to Decimus Burton in May 1869. He was Burton's last pupil. Thereafter he was in the offices of Burton's nephew Henry Marley Burton, Robert Edgar, Charles Henry Money Mileham and Kennedy; Robert Jewell Withers; William Eden Nesfield and Richard Norman Shaw, c.1876; and finally Robert William Edis. During these years he studied at the Architectural Association and the Royal Academy Schools and won the Pugin studentship in 1876. He commenced independent practice in Bedford Park, London, in 1879 and was architect to that estate. He was admitted ARIBA on 23 May 1881, his proposers being Ernest Claude Lee, Edward Gorge Hayes, Walter Hilton Nash and Richard Charles Page, and became FRIBA on 31 January 1887, his proposers being Aston Webb, Edward Blakeway I'Anson. He resigned on a matter of principle in 1892 but was reinstated on 8 January 1906, his proposers being John Belcher, Webb and Sir John Taylor. He joined the Art Workers Guild in 1888.
Despite his Catholicism, May was architect to the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society and to the Governesses' Benevolent Institution. He died on 16 March 1941. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 6, Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park, London, England | Business | 1879 | 1882 | | | 14, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London, England | Business | 1883 * | | | | 21, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London, England | Business | 1884 | After 1923 | Building number appears as 91 in some sources, but this appears to be an error | | Lyneham, Chislehurst, Kent, England | Private(?) | Before 1906 | After 1914 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or Pupils
RIBARIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Sydney Decimus Kitson | 3 December 1906 | for Fellowship | | Robert Baillie Pratt | 12 January 1891 | for Associateship |
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 | | 1893 | Jardine Hall | | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | Reconstruction and probably Fourmerkland Lodge |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Beauty's Awakening | | Beauty's Awakening: The Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers' Guild | | Brighton Museum September -November 1984, Royal Pavilion Brighton | | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | |
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