Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Biographical Details Name: | Miles Septimus Gibson | Designation: | Architect | Born: | 29 December 1849 | Died: | 20 September 1906 | Bio Notes: | Miles Septimus Gibson was born in Barony parish, Glasgow on 29 December 1849, the son of David Gibson, medical practitioner and his wife Margaret Laird. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Collegiate School, Garnethill, Glasgow. He commenced practice in 1880, having in 1875-9 superintended the hotel and architectural parts of St Enoch's Station for Thomas Willson of Hampstead. His main client was the Episcopal diocese of Glasgow for which he designed a number of mission churches, practising alone without assistants. Johnston states that he also practised as a woodcarver, but there is no record of his work being exhibited. In or shortly before 1901 he merged his practice with that of _____ Inglis as Inglis & Gibson, but the partnership appears to have been dissolved by 1902.
Gibson was a member of council of the Glasgow Institute of Architects. He never married, and lived with his mother and unmarried sister Christina. He died of liver disease on 20 September 1906 at Dailling Villa, Kirn: his usual residence was 38 St James Street, Hillhead (later 38 Hamilton Park Terrace). He left moveable estate of £2,305 7s 8d. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this architect: | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 79, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1888 | | |  | 38, St James Street (Hamilton Park Terrace), Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1888 * | 1906 | |  | 131, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1896 | After 1906 | |  | Dailling Villa, Kirn, Argyll, Scotland | Business | 1906 | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this architect (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes |  | Inglis & Gibson | 1901 | | Partner | |
Employees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this architect (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes |  | Alexander Wingate | 1892 | 1897 | Apprentice | |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this architect: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Glasgow Contemporaries | 1901 | Glasgow Contemporaries at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century | | | Date of birth given as 1848: Johnston gives 29 December 1849 and same parentage. |  | Johnston, W T | 2003 | Artists of Scotland | | Officina Publications CDROM | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this architect: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 10 April 1880 | | | St Enoch's station |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this architect: | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes |  | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional research by Iain Paterson |
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