Basic Biographical Details Name: | Thomas Gordon Jackson | Designation: | | Born: | 20 May 1881(?) | Died: | 12 November 1968(?) | Bio Notes: | Thomas Gordon Jackson was born on 20 May 1881, the son of Thomas Cameron Jackson and his wife Theodora Dahl. He was educated at Daniel Stewart's College. He was articled to Cooper & Taylor in Edinburgh in 1897 and attended Heriot-Watt College and The School of Applied Art. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1901 he moved to London where he obtained a place as assistant to Granville Edward Stewart Streatfeild. In 1903 he left for the Westminster firm of Bucknall & Comper, but after two years he returned to Streatfield's office for a further year. In 1905 he spent four months travelling in England and submitted unsuccessfully for the Pugin Studentship. He commenced practice in London in 1907 with an office at 12 Gray's Inn Square. His practice was almost entirely domestic, both in the Home Counties and elsewhere in England, and he was responsible for the 'Daily Mirror' cottage at the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908 . He was admitted LRIBA on 8 January 1912, his proposers being another London Scott, James Herbert Belfrage, who had known him since late childhood; and Ernest John Gosling and Francis Thomas Wilberforce both of Gray's Inn Square.
Jackson married Mary Stewart Bain on 04 Jun 1912, daughter of Robert Stewart Bain and Annie Hutchison Cameron. The couple had four daughters and one son. Anne Cameron Gordon Jackson married the church architect Harry Norman Haines.
Jackson died on 12 November 1968 in Chislehurst, Kent. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 12, Gray's Inn Square, London, England | Business | 1907 | After 1914 | | | Newlyn, Rusholme Road, Putney, London, England | Private | 1911 * | | | | 23, Addison Road North, Holland Park, London, England | Private | 1914 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Macdonald Colvin | 8 December 1959 | For Fellowship |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Andrew Belsey | Information sent via 'Contact Us' on website | | Sent March 2012 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v22 no1752 |
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