Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Edwards Reid & Booth
Designation:
Born:	1927
Died:	Before 1936
Bio Notes:	Herbert Henry Reid was born on 9 August 1895 and was articled to John Alexander Ogg Allan, Architect to Aberdeen Education Authority, in August 1912. He studied at the Aberdeen School of Architecture, and remained with Allan as assistant until 1919 when he joined George Bennett Mitchell as chief assistant. He moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1921 as senior assistant to Cackett & Burns Dick, leaving after a year to become senior assistant to Bradshaw Gass & Hope in Bolton. In 1925 he emigrated to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where he worked for two years for the Public Works Department before commencing practice on his own account in the partnership of Edwards Reid & Booth. The firm was initially based in Colombo, but later opened a branch office in Madras, Southern India. In 1936 Kenneth Andrew Begg entered the Madras office as a partner, the firm becoming Edwards Reid & Begg.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	Colombo, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon, un	Business	1927	After 1947
	Madras, India	Business	Before 1936

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

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	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Herbert Henry Reid	1927	1952(?)	Partner

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