Basic Biographical Details Name: | Hamish Eadie Burden | Designation: | | Born: | 5 September 1918 | Died: | 6 June 1983 | Bio Notes: | Hamish Eadie Burden was born on 5 September 1918, the son of James Eadie Burden, marine engineer and his wife, Edith Gribbon. He was apprenticed to Rowand Anderson, Paul & Partners from July 1936 to September 1940, and studied at Edinburgh College of Art, part-time from September 1937 to June 1940 and full-time from September 1940 to June 1943. He spent the Easter vacation of 1941 on a scholarship in Manchester and the summers of 1941 and 1942 on the National Buildings Record. He was awarded the RIAS Rowand Anderson Studentship in 1943. After receiving his diploma in June of the latter year, he was admitted ARIBA on 16 May 1944, his proposers being Frank Charles Mears, William Innes Thomson and Leslie Grahame Thomson, the latter describing him as a 'particularly brilliant student'. At that time he was studying town planning at the ECA and was living in Stirling.
He had taken a post with Rowand Anderson Kininmonth & Paul by 1950; with Sir William Kininmonth (who was in both Edinburgh and Forres) he worked in the Forres branch office, becoming a partner.
Burden died at Leanchoil Hospital, Forres, on 6 June 1983, survived by his wife Margaret Alena Taylor Guthrie. When Burden died, the Forres office closed. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Yellow Sands, Findhorn, Nairnshire, Scotland | Private | | 1983 | | | 28, Alexandra Place, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | 1944 * | | | | West Park Cottage, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland | Private | 1950 * | After 1955 | | | Forres House, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1959 * | After 1970 | | | 57, High Street, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland | Business(?) | 1979 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1936 | Garth of Finlarig | Dulnain Bridge | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | As assistant |
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 | 1955 | Kalendar 1954-1955 | | | | | RIBA | 1960 | The RIBA Kalendar 1959-1960 | 1959-1960 | | | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1964-65 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe 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 no8355 (combined box 208) |
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