Basic Biographical Details Name: | Harry Edward East | Designation: | | Born: | 5 January 1877 | Died: | 1911 | Bio Notes: | Harry Edward East was born in Dundee on 5 January 1877 and came of a prosperous family of furniture manufacturers. He was articled to Thomas Martin Cappon from July 1894, and although still only in his apprenticeship had a large hand in the design of St Patrick's RC Church in Arthurstone Terrace, Dundee (1896-98). While with Cappon he attended Dundee Technical Institute from 1895 to 1897, winning prizes for architectural history and ornamental design.
On completion of his apprenticeship in November 1898 he secured a place in the office of the Dundonian James Glen Sivewright Gibson, who was then working in partnership with Samuel Bridgman Russell in London. This enabled him to undertake a three-year course at the Royal Academy Schools from 25 July the following year. That August he moved to the office of Rowland Plumbe, and in April 1901 moved again to that of William Edward Riley, who had been appointed architect to London County Council, where he received extensive experience of slum clearance and new working-class housing. In 1902 he won a competition for a large housing scheme in Bermondsey and in October 1903 he formed a partnership with John Sydney Brocklesby and Wallace Marchment, also of the LCC Architects Department, to carry it out. The partnership was not, however, successful in attracting further business and was dissolved by March 1906, when East secured a place in the office of William Alfred Pite.
On 20 March 1911 he was admitted LRIBA, his proposers being William Alfred and Arthur Beresford Pite and James Glen Sivewright Gibson. His travels up to that date had embraced Normandy, Paris, London, southern England, Fife and Dundee. His admittance as LRIBA coincided with his emigration to Montreal to take up an 'important post' in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but took his own life later in the same year following the death of his fiancée.
The RIAS Collection in NMRS has four volumes of his sketches. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 58, Devereux Road, Wandsworth Common, London, England | Private | Before 1911 | 4 March 1911 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployers
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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 | | 1896 | Ramsay Arms Hotel | Fettercairn | | Kincardineshire | Scotland | Working as assistant to Cappon | | 1896 | St Patrick's RC Church, Presbytery and halls | | | Dundee | Scotland | As assistant to T M Cappon (HS list says that William Gillespie Lamond assisted Cappon in the later stages) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Spencer, Christopher and Wilson, Geoffrey | 1984 | The Story of John Sydney Brocklesby | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | 11 November 1911 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Personal information from the late Frank Thomson and Daisy East | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v12 no767 (microfilm reel 33) |
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