Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | James Hodge Brown |
| Designation: | |
| Born: | 14 January 1881 |
| Died: | c. 1956 |
| Bio Notes: | James Hodge Brown was born in Dundee on 14 January 1881. He studied at Dundee Technical College but moved to Glasgow in the early years of the 20th century. He emigrated to Canada in 1903 and worked as draftsman with Darling & Pearson in Toronto for six years. . He worked in partnership with Andrew Sharp, another Scots emigre in Toronto from 1910 until at least 1919. Brown returned to the office of Darling & Pearson where he remained until 1923. He then worked for John M Lyle and for Chapman & Oxley in 1923-26. From late 1926 he was employed as assistant staff architect by the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada in Montreal. After 1945 he moved to Ottawa to work in the Construction Division of Central Mortgage & Housing Corporation. He resigned from the Ontario Association of Architects in 1956 and died presumably shortly thereafter. |
Private and Business Addresses
| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | |||||
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1903 | 1903 | |
| Toronto, Canada | Business | Before 1910 | After 1919 | |
Employment and Training
Employers
| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| Darling & Pearson | 1904 | 1910 | Draughtsman | |
| Sharp & Brown | 1910 | 1919 | Partner | |
| Darling & Pearson | 1919 | 1923 | Assistant(?) | Role uncertain |
| John MacIntosh Lyle | 1923 | 1926 | Assistant(?) | |
| Chapman & Oxley | c. 1923 | c. 1926 | Assistant | |
References
Bibliographic References
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| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/ | http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/ | Information per Robert Hill. | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this : | ||||
| Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Information from Holly Kinnear. | |