Basic Biographical Details Name: | Walter Alexander | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Walter Alexander was born c.1885 and attended day classes at Glasgow School of Art and Royal Technical College from 1900 to 1901. In the latter year he entered the office of Peter Macgregor Chalmers as an apprentice, and he remained as assistant until 1911, continuing to attend evening classes at the Technical College and School of Art and obtaining his diploma in 1910. He commenced independent practice at 154 West Regent Street, Glasgow in 1911, moving to 102 Bath Street in 1912 or 1913. The practice closed in 1914 but briefly reopened in 1919, in which year he travelled in France and Belgium.
Alexander went to India in 1920 to work in the Military Works Service under ACRE Quetta Military District. He was admitted ARIBA under the war exemption scheme in late 1922, his proposers being Charles Gourlay, David Bateman Hutton and Major Bernard Frank Matthews, Consulting Architect for Military Works in India. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 29, Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1904 | 1909 | | | 154, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1911 | | | | 2, Grosvenor Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1911 | 1912 | | | 102, Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1912 or 1913 | 1915 | Closed and then ropened in 1919 briefly. | | 72, Mafeking Road, Quetta, India | Private | 1922 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe 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 | | Additional research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no3491 (microfilm reel 26) |
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