Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Glendinning | Designation: | | Born: | 24 October 1902 | Died: | 20 April 1952 | Bio Notes: | John Glendinning was born on 24 October 1902, the son of Alexander Glendinning, oil company clerk, and his wife, Margaret Davidson Forrest. He was educated at Kelty in Fife, and from 1920 to 1924 served his articles in the office of John Fraser of Dunfermline while attending Fife Mining evening classes. From 1925 to 1928 he attended courses in building construction and materials at Heriot Watt College, took further classes at Edinburgh College of Art, and worked as junior draughtsman to Charles E Tweedie & Sons. This was followed by four years as assistant in the Department of Agriculture for Scotland (1929-33) and then a period as acting architect to the builders Anderson & Walker of Corstorphine (1933-6). Between 1936 and 1939 he worked as temporary assistant in the works department of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary under Thomas Turnbull, and meanwhile in 1937 he was appointed assistant architect and clerk of works to the Kinlochleven Village Improvement Society, Argyll. After leaving this post in 1939 he spent four months as assistant to Adam Arnott of Tranent.
Before the end of that year, he entered the civil service as a draughtsman in the Scottish Home Department under Robert Reid Mill. (They were later centralised under the chief architect of the Department of Health for Scotland). Glendinning was involved with the design of extensive additions to prisons, borstals etc. He was elected LRIBA on 7 May 1946 with the support of the RIBA Council rather than specific proposers. By that time he had been taken on as a permanent staff member at the Scottish Home Department. In 1950 he was still employed in the Department of Health, York Buildings, Edinburgh.
He died on 20 April 1952 aged forty-nine at Beechmount, Corstorphine. He never married. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 11, Osborne Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | | 1952 | | | Fife, Scotland | Private | 1902 | Before 1937 | | | Fort William, Inverness-shire, Scotland | Business | 1937 | | | | Kinlochleven, Argyll, Scotland | Business | 1937 | 1939 | As assistant architect and clerk of works for Kinlochleven Village Improvement Society | | 80, St Stephen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1946 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | September 1952 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary p427 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no5891 (combined box 106) |
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