Basic Biographical Details Name: | Edward Henry Anthony Blount | Designation: | | Born: | 26 July 1900 | Died: | 28 June 1950 | Bio Notes: | Edward Henry Anthony Blount was born on 26 July 1900, the son of Edward Thomas Joseph Bloun, actuary, and his wife Fanny Macdonell Stott. He was articled to Rowand Anderson & Paul in Edinburgh on 1 November 1919, attending classes at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. On completion of his four-year apprenticeship he remained with Anderson as assistant, leaving him in March 1925 to take up a temporary post as assistant to Brierley & Rutherford of York. Ten months later he returned to Rowand Anderson & Paul, finally leaving in July 1929 to join the Ministry of Finance Works Department in Belfast. He was still there when he was admitted LRIBA in early 1931, his proposers being John Begg, John Watson and the then secretary of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
Blount died aged 46 on 28 June 1950 at the Northern Hospital Dunfermline, survived by his wife Mary Agnes Dingwall. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 10, Leslie Road, Rosyth, Fife, Scotland | Private | | 1950 | | | 119, Kimberley Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Private | 1930 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Begg | Early 1931 | for Licentiateship | | John Watson | Early 1931 | for Licentiateship |
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no3809 (box 16) |
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