Basic Biographical Details

Name: William Macdonnell Mitchell Dowdall
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Born: 1842
Died:  
Bio Notes: William Macdonnell Mitchell Dowdall was born in 1842 and was a self-taught architect. He worked in several offices from 1870 and commenced independent practice in to Shanghai in 1883, having been admitted ARIBA in the previous year. He designed the Union Church on Suzhou Road in 1886 and was elevated to FRIBA in 1891. He worked in partnership with the civil engineer Robert Moorhead from 1895 to 1900. He later designed the early English Gothic/medieval French St Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghiai (1910).

Private and Business Addresses

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 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Shanghai, ChinaBusiness   

RIBA

RIBA Proposals

This proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 3James Christie20 July 1911for Licentiateship
Item 2 of 3Gilbert McGarva20 March 1911for Licentiateship
Item 3 of 3William Wardlaw Sclanders20 July 1911for Licentiateship

References

Bibliographic References

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 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Denison, Edward and Guang, Yu Ren2006Building Shanghai: The Story of China's Gateway Chichester: Wiley-Academy (John Wiley & Sons Ltd)pp 52, 56 & 88