Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | George C Will |
| Designation: | |
| Born: | 1865 |
| Died: | c. 1939 |
| Bio Notes: | George C Will was born in 1865 and articled to John Rust in Aberdeen c.1880. He emigrated c.1884 to Boston where he obtained a place first in the office of R Clipton Sturgis and then in that of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. Will was appointed Chief Architect of the Quartermasters' Division of the War Department during the First World War, mainly engaged on the design and construction of hospitals and of the Medical School of the Army Medical Center in Washington DC, for which he was promoted to the rank of Lieut-Colonel in the Quarter Master Corps. |
Private and Business Addresses
| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | |||||
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Private | Before 1880 | ||
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America | Private/business | c. 1884 | ||
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 | |
| John Rust | c. 1880 | c. 1884 | Apprentice | |
| Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge | After 1884 | Before 1914 | Assistant | |
| R Clipton Sturgis | c. 1884 | Before 1896 | Assistant | |
| US War Department, Washington | c. 1914 | c. 1918 | Chief Architect | in Quartermasters' Division |
References
Bibliographic References
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| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Withey, Henry F and Withey, Elsie Rathburn | 1970 | Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) | Facsimile edition | Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc (originally published in 1956) | |
Periodical References
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| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| American Art Annual | * | |||