Basic Biographical Details Name: | Arnold McKenzie Hunter | Designation: | | Born: | 10 September 1914 | Died: | 3 March 1981 | Bio Notes: | Arnold McKenzie Hunter was born on 10 September 1914, the son of David Kirkwood Hunter, engineer and his wife Helen Davie. He studied at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art from 1932 to 1938. He spent the year 1935-36 in the office of Frederick John Wills & Son in London, and the summers of 1937 and 1938 in that of Leslie Grahame-Thomson in Edinburgh. He obtained his diploma in June 1938 and was exempted from the final exam, and the following September joined H M Office of Works in London. He was admitted ARIBA on 19 June 1939, his proposers being Grahame-Thomson, Archibald Bulloch and Charles Whitby.
Hunter was working for Lloyd's Bank immediately after the Second World War, but had moved to France by 1950. This was possibly because his wife, Nugette Grandpre, was French although it is possible that they met after he moved there.
He resigned his membership of the RIBA in 1975. He died on 3 March 1981 at the Erskine Hospital, Bishopton, though his home address was given as being in Paris. His cause of death was given as broncopneumonia and brain damage following an operation for accoustic neuroma. This condition had presumbly been a result of war injuries. His wife had predeceased him. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 41-49, Rue de Passy, Paris, France | Private | | 1981 | | | 20, Gordon Street, London, England | Private | 1939 * | | | | c/o Lloyd's Bank Ltd, Horseferry Road, London, England | Business(?) | 1946 * | | | | France | Private/business | Before 1950 | After 1975 | | | 22, Avenue Suffren, Paris, France | Private/business(?) | 1970 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1946 | The RIBA Kalendar 1946-1947 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
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 no7212 (combined box 179) |
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