Basic Biographical Details Name: | George Drummond Rankin | Designation: | | Born: | 5 May 1937 | Died: | 13 March 2006 | Bio Notes: | George Drummond Rankin was born on 5 May 1937, the son of George Drummind Rankin, elecrtrician, and his wife Christine Dow Cunningham. He studied part-time at Edinburgh College of Art from 1955 and completed the course in six years. During this period he worked in the office of John Denoon Carnegie. He was awarded his diploma in architecture and elected ARIBA in 1961. He was elected ARIAS in 1961 and was a member of the Edinburgh Chapter.
In that same year, 1961, he moved to London to a post with the LCC and remained there until 1965. He returned to Scotland and worked for Lanark County Council Council until 1973 and moved therafter to Glasgow City Council remaining there until 1979. During this time he studied for a diploma in town planning at the University of Strathclyde.
In the 1980s he was sole partner in his own practice, G D Rankin. His is not listed in the 1994 RIBA directory.
He retired at the age of 65 in 2002. He died at the Fairmile Marie Curie Centre on 13 March 2006, survived by his wife Jean McBride Currie, a retired school teacher. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 20, Alderbank Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | c. 1960 | After 1965 | | | 63, Gardner Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business | Before 1970 | After 1984 | | | 30/2, Potterrow, Ediinburgh, Scotland | Business(?) | 1990s(?) | | | | Northland Studio/52, Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1990s | | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | | | RIBA | 1965 | The RIBA Kalendar | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1984 | RIBA Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1994 | A Directory of RIBA Members | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Chartered Architect | 2006 | v18, no1 | | Spring issue - death notice |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | |
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