Basic Biographical Details Name: | Sidney Patrick Murray | Designation: | | Born: | 17 March 1914 | Died: | 21 December 1989 | Bio Notes: | Sidney Patrick Murray was born on 17 March 1914 and studied at Aberdeen School of Architecture from June 1931, interspersing three years' full-time study with three-and-a-half years' part-time study whilst apprenticed in an unspecified architect's and surveyor's office. He sought wider experience in summer 1936, spending two months in an architect's office in Edinburgh, and obtained his diploma in June the following year. Two months later he was appointed junior assistant to John Alexander Ogg Allan. He was still in Allan's office when he was admitted ARIBA on 9 May 1938, his proposers being Allan, Robert Leslie Rollo and James Brown Nicol.
Murray practised in Belfast from the early 1950s. He resigned his RIBA membership in 1979.
Murray died in Belfast on 21 December 1989. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | Mid 1936 | Mid 1936 | For two months, assisting in an unspecified office | | 63, Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland | Private | 1938 * | After 1950 | | | 17, Sunningdale Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Private | c. 1953 | After 1957 | | | 410, Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Private/business | After 1960 * | After 1979 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Alexander Ogg Allan | August 1937 | After 1938 | Junior Assistant | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
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 | 1954 | RIBA Kalendar 1953-54 | | | | | RIBA | 1956 | Kalendar 1956-57 | | | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | General Register office Northern Ireland | Death registers for Northern Ireland | | D/1989/B1/3699 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no6779 (combined box 160) |
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