Basic Biographical Details Name: | George Leslie Cruickshank | Designation: | | Born: | 15 February 1906 | Died: | 1983 | Bio Notes: | George Leslie Cruickshank was born at Peterswell, Fyvie, on 15 February 1906, the son of George Leslie Cruickshank, subfactor, and his wife, Annie Duncan. He was articled to his uncle William Liddle Duncan of Turriff in 1923. He spent three years there and three years studying at Aberdeen School of Architecture. In 1928 he toured America for three months, and the following year joined George Morrison Hay in Aberdeen as assistant, transferring to the office of Robert Leslie Rollo later the same year. He passed the RIBA final exam in Aberdeen in 1930 and was admitted ARIBA towards the end of that year, his proposers being Rollo, Robert Gordon Wilson Junior and Hay. At that time he was living at The Neuk, Fyvie. In 1937 when his father died he was working in London.
Cruickshank moved to Stockton on Tees before 1950 and transferred to Middlesborough by 1960. He died in Northallerton in late 1983, his death being registered between October and December of that year.
| Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | The Neuk, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | Private | 1930 * | | | | Harlow, Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England | Business | c. 1950 | | | | Newlands Buildings, Borough Road, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England | Business | 1960 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no4527 (combined box 20) |
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