Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Burnet, Son & Partners | Designation: | | Born: | 1919 | Died: | 1920 or 1921 | Bio Notes: | After the First World War, Thomas Harold Hughes was offered a partnership in the Glasgow office of John Burnet & Son, his time there being chiefly spent on war memorials. Incompatibility with Burnet's more senior Glasgow partner, Norman Aitken Dick, who referred to him as 'that College of Art b****r' for all the staff to hear, caused him to work alone in an upstairs office. Matters became much worse when the Glasgow practice ran into serious financial difficulties as a result of the unauthorised withdrawal of clients' fund due to contractors by the chief clerk, Duncan, who had absconded. To preserve the good name of the firm, the police were not called and the partners had to make good the loss. In the event most of the money was provided by Dick when he repurchased his partnership in 1920. This event resulted in Hughes resigning his partnership to teach at the Glasgow School of Architecture where he succeeded James Black Fulton as Professor and Director when the latter died in April 1922. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | | | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Rankin, Robert B | 1953 | Sir John Burnet RA, RSA, LLD and his works | | in RIAS Quarterly no 94, November 1953 | |
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