Basic Biographical Details Name: | Sidney Thomas Gynn (erroneously found as Glynn) | Designation: | | Born: | 7 July 1924 | Died: | 16 February 1981 | Bio Notes: | Sidney Thomas Gynn was born on 7 July 1924, the son of Sidney Thomas Gynn, a builder's labourer, and his wife Beatrice Daisy Beck. He was elected ARIBA and ARIAS in 1961 and in that same year took a post as senior assistant with Lancelot Ross & Lindsay. In 1964 he moved to a similar post with Boswell Mitchell & Johnston but remained with the practice only until 1965. In 1966 he set up busness on his own account at 312 West Princes Street, Glasgow. He would appear to have inherited from Lancelot Ross rthe business of Yarrow, the shipbuilders. Initially he practised on his own as Sidney T Gynn but in 1967 George Campbell Duff joined him in partnership. He was elected FRIBA in 1968, his proposers being Frank Campbell, Ninian Johnston and Robert Scott Noble. The practice in its early stages mainly designed industrial and commercial buildings. They were architects to the Salvation Army in the Glasgow area and in the late 1960s undertook fire precaution work alongside designing and constructing some of their new buildings.
Gynn was killed in a traffic accident on the Glasgow-Stirling Motorway near Dennyloanhead on 16 February 1981. He was survived by his widow Margaret Flora McDonald. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Corrienessan Cottage, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | | c. 1981 | | | 312, West Princes Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1961 * | After 1968 | | | 3, Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1968 * | 1979 | | | 2, Lynedoch Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | After 1975 | | When Harvey & Scott Gynn & Duff merged |
* 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 | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Sidney T Gynn: F no6187 (Combined Box 124) |
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