Basic Biographical Details | Name: | David John Cameron | | Designation: | | | Born: | 1884 | | Died: | 13 July 1959 | | Bio Notes: | David John Cameron was born in 1883 or 1884 in Carmyllie, Angus, the son of James Cameron, teacher at the East Public School, Carmyllie and his wife Fanny. He was educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee and was articled to the Dundee architect Leslie Ower. He also studied briefly at Dundee College of Art. He emigrated to Canada sailing from Glasgow on 23 February 1907 and between then and 1912 he worked in the Toronto office of Darling & Pearson. While working in that office, he met another young Scotsman, William Ralston, with whom he was to later form a partnership. In the latter year he moved to New York and enrolled in classes run by the Beaux-Arts Society there and while living in New York, he worked briefly for leading architects Donn Barber, and for Kenneth M Murchison (in 1913-14).
At the outbreak of WWI he returned to Scotland and served with the Royal Engineers, then returned to Canada and went to Windsor, Ontario and took jobs across the border in the Detroit offices of C. Howard Crane, and for Malcolmson & Higginbotham in 1919-20. He opened business on his own account in Windsor in 1921 and within weeks he had won the competition for the Windsor & Walkerville Technical School (1921-22).
In 1922 he formed a partnership with William M Ralston. The practice flourished for a number of years but the 1929 stock market crash probably affected their business as the partnership was dissolved in 1929 and Ralston moved to Toronto while Cameron continued to practice on his own in Windsor until 1950. He died there on 13 July 1959.
| Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Toronto, Canada | Business | | | | | New York, United States of America | Business | | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployers| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Leslie Ower | c. 1902 | c. 1907 | Apprentice | | | Darling & Pearson | c. 1907 | c. 1913 | Assistant | | | Cameron & Ralston | 1922 | 1929 | Partner | |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/ | | http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/ | | | Accessed April 2014. |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this : | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Journal of the Royal Architectural Inst of Canada | August 1959 | v36, no8 | | p290 Obituary | | Prominent Men of Canada | between 1931 and 1932 | | | p446 | | Windsor Star | 15 July 1959 | | | p5
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Archive References| The 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 | | Information from Holly Kinnear |
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