Basic Biographical Details Name: | Thomas Brown | Designation: | | Born: | 30 August 1886 | Died: | 24 April 1949 | Bio Notes: | Thomas Brown was born in Shettleston on 30 August 1886, the eldest son of Thomas Brown, a Glasgow builder, and his wife, Betsy Brown. He was educated at Shettleston School and attended the Royal Technical College, Glasgow from 1902, gaining practical experience with the building contractors T Brown & Sons. From 1909 to 1914 he was assistant to the Surveyor of the Lower Ward District of Lanarkshire. He served in the ranks in the First World War and after his demobilisation he returned to the Royal Technical College as a lecturer in the School of Architecture, a post he still held when he passed the qualifying exam in London in December 1930 and was subsequently elected ARIBA in early 1931, his proposers being Thomas Harold Hughes, George Andrew Paterson and John Maurice Arthur. By that time he was an Associate of the Institute of Structural Engineers and prior to that had travelled in South Africa, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt and France. He was later head of the building department of Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh for fifteen years to which he devoted his life's work. He wrote several books on practical geometry. He was elected ARIBA in 1931.
He died of cancer of the small intestine on 24 May 1949 aged 62 years. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth Ritchie Baird.
| Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 14, Lennel Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | | 1949 | | | 45, Kinghouse Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1930 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | October 1949 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary note p548 |
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 no4622 (combined box 25) |
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