Basic Biographical Details Name: | Dorothy Elizabeth Soper | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Dorothy Elizabeth Soper studied full-time at the School of Art, Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen from September 1919 to June 1921. She then entered the office of Arthur Hay Livingstone Mackinnon whilst continuing to attend evening classes at the School until June 1924. Nothing is known of her movements in the following year but she returned to full-time study in September 1925, completing her studies in June 1926 and passing the professional practice exam in July. She was admitted ARIBA on 29 November that year, her proposers being Robert Gordon Wilson junior, George Watt, and John Wilson Walker, who wrote in his supporting statement: 'I have been personally acquainted with her since [1914] & have followed her professional education as above with interest in which she distinguished herself'.
In the mid-1930s she was an assistant in the practice Wigglesworth & Marshall Mackenzie in London. She was a witness to one of the signatures at the formal dissolution of the partnership with David Stokes on 31 December 1934.
She later practised in Solihull, but ill-health forced her to retire in 1964 and she moved to a nursing home in Crieff, from where she resigned her RIBA membership in 1982. She had also been a member of the Birmingham Architectural Association. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Malcolm's Mount, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland | Private | 1926 * | | | | Solihull, Birmingham, England | Business | After 1926 | | | | 12, Ravenscroft Road, Olton, Solihull, Warwickshire, Scotland | Private | Early 1970s | | | | Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland | Private | 1982 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Edinburgh Gazette | 4 October 1935 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no4207 (box 5) | | School of Architecture, Garthdee, Aberdeen, RGIT: former pupils, 1937-1970 | Galletly, James | | |
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