Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Elizabeth Bell Ramsay (née McLaren) | | Designation: | | | Born: | 13 August 1918 | | Died: | 15 September 2007 | | Bio Notes: | Elizabeth Bell McLaren was born on 13 August 1918, the daughter of George Miller McLaren, structural engineer, and his wife Douglas Findlay Bell [sic]. She studied for the diploma in architecture at Glasgow School of Art. Between 1939 and 1940 she spent fourteen months in the office of Thomas Harold Hughes and in 1941 three months with Thomas S Cordiner. In 1942 she she was employed preparing measured drawings for the Scottish National Building Survey. She was admitted ARIBA that same year. By 1950 she appears to have been in rented accommodation in Glasgow. She was also an Associate Member of the Town Planning Institute.
She married the architect Walter Neil Wilson Ramsay. In 1987 she gave her husband's name and work address in the RIBA Directory which suggests she was practising with him at this time.
She died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 15 September 2007, survived by at least one son, Neil who lived in London, (her husband having died in 1999) | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Marian House/10, Oswald Road, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | | 2007 | | | Inchyre, Boclair Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1942 * | | | | c/o Mr & Mrs Ramsay/42, Randolph Road, Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland | Private(?) | 1950 * | After 1970 | | | 11, Park Circus , Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1979 * | After 1987 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | | Thomas Harold Hughes | 1939 | 1940 | Apprentice | | | Thomas Smith Cordiner | 1941 | | Apprentice | |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The 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 | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this : | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Chartered Architect | 2008 | | | Spring. Death notice |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no 8109 (Combined Box 204) |
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