Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Gorman | Designation: | | Born: | 1876 | Died: | 1920 | Bio Notes: | James Gorman was born in 1876, apparently the elder brother of Joseph Brown Dick Gorman whose early career ran a remarkably similar course. He was articled to A & A Heiton in Perth in 1893, and remained with Andrew Granger Heiton after Andrew Heiton Junior's death in 1894, completing his apprenticeship in 1897. In that year he moved to Glasgow as assistant to the civil engineers Formans & McCall, where he was engaged in the design and construction of station buildings on the Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire Railway, and in 1899 to Hawick to work as chief assistant to James Pearson Alison. In 1900 he commenced independent practice in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, in partnership with Edmund Herbert Child, but he emigrated to Penang in 1904 to work for Barnett & Stark, from which office he was appointed architect to the government of Kedah State in 1907. He was admitted LRIBA on 22 April 1912, his proposers being Edmund Herbert Child, Albert Nelson Bromley and Harry Garnham Watkins. By that time he had been responsible for hospitals, a prison, a police court and officials' residences in Kedah.
He died in office in 1920. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Ashfield House, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England | Private(?) | 1911 * | | This was presumably his home address from his time in Long Eaton in 1900-04, as he was already in Kedah at that time | | Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia | Private/business | 1912 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA Proposers
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 | | 1899 | Kirklee Bridge | Kelvingrove | | Glasgow | Scotland | Detailing for Formans & McCall |
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 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | 4 December 1920 | v28 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p78 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v22 no1787 |
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