Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Black Hector | Designation: | | Born: | 12 June 1879 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | John Black Hector was born on 12 June 1879 and was articled to William Kelly of W & J Smith & Kelly in Aberdeen fron 1896 to 1902. In the latter year he moved to London to work for Thomas Ballantine, a Bournemouth-trained Scot who had worked for J J Stevenson. Thereafter he worked in the offices of Hall Jones & Cummings and George Thomas Hine until he obtained a post with the LCC Architects Department in 1904. He remained there until 1913 when he set up practice in partnership with Frederick Arthur Walker, who was in the LCC schools division. The partnership was dissolved in 1915 when Walker enlisted in the Royal Engineers.
Hector was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being Arthur Spottiswood Jones (no obvious connection with Hector), Arthur William Sheppard, a former architect to the London School Board, and Harold Griffiths of the LCC Schools Department. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 6 St Ann's Villas, Royal Crescent, Kensington, London, England | Private | 1911 * | | | | 122 Wymering Mansions, Maida Vale, London, England | Private | 1914 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 | | | |
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 v18 no1326 |
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