Basic Biographical Details Name: | George Thomson | Designation: | | Born: | 15 July 1907 | Died: | 23 September 1983 | Bio Notes: | George Thomson was born at Victoria Road, Buckhaven, Fife on 15 July 1907, the son of George Thomson, coalminer, and his wife, Maggie Webster, who had married in Buckhaven in 1903. He served his apprenticeship in the office of Andrew David Haxton in Leven from 1923 to 1929. In the latter year he secured a position as assistant to Edinburgh Corporation at Bangour. In 1931 he moved to the office of Carfrae & Morrison, Edinburgh, and in 1935 left Scotland for a period as assistant to in the London County Council Architect's Department. He soon returned to Scotland, working for James Stewart Johnson in Leith in 1936, and for George Brown Deas of Kirkcaldy from 1937. He was still with Deas when he was admitted ARIBA on 12 November 1940, his proposers being Deas, Joshua Clayton and John Daniel Swanston. His nomination papers state that he had studied at Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh and had undertaken a course under Leslie Stuart Stanley at the latter's home in West Heath Road, Hampstead, London. It seems that he had passed the qualifying exam at Rutland Square, Edinburgh in July 1940.
In 1950 his address was Alston, Kennoway Road, Windygates. He does not appear in the RIBA Directory for 1970 so may have by then have emigrated to Bermuda, where he was living prior to his death on 23 September 1983. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Central Chambers, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | Business | 1940 * | | office of George Brown Deas | | Alston, Kennoway Road, Windygates, Fife, Scotland | Private | Before 1940 | After 1950 | | | c/o Leitch/9, Henderson Park, Windygates, Fife, Scotland | Private | 1964 * | | | | Birdsong, Tamarind Walk, Warwick, Bermuda, Bermuda | Private | Before 1983 | 1983 | address at time of death |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Joshua Clayton | 12 November 1940 | for Associateship | | George Brown Deas | 12 November 1940 | for Associateship | | John Daniel Swanston | 12 November 1940 | for Associateship |
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 | | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | National Archives (via Scotlands People) | Statutory births | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no7740 (combined box 198) |
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