Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Macgregor | Designation: | | Born: | 12 July 1889 | Died: | 18 March 1953 | Bio Notes: | James Macgregor was born on 12 July 1889, the son of James and Janet Macgregor of Garvock Hill, Dunfermline. He was articled to Williamson & Inglis of Kirkcaldy from 1904 to 1909. In 1910 he moved to Edinburgh to study full-time at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. He became a draughtsman to Hippolyte Jean Blanc in 1911, obtaining the Pugin Studentship in 1912 and passing the qualifying exam in 1914. In that year he moved to London as a draughtsman to Sir Edwin Lutyens and was admitted ARIBA, his proposers being Blanc and Sir Edwin Cooper, and Lutyens, who wrote of Macgregor in his supporting statement: 'he does great credit to the Edinburgh College of Art where he was a student'.
Macgregor travelled in India in 1914 and 1915, and his subsequent war service prevented him from continuing with his career until 1919 when he commenced independent practice in London. He soon moved into teaching, serving as senior master in design and lecturer in mediaeval architecture at the University of Manchester in 1921-23, and studio master at the Architectural Association 1926-33, whilst holding in parallel the post of lecturer in architectural history and design at the LCC School of Building, 1931-33. In the latter year he moved back to Edinburgh as head of the School of Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. He was elected FRIBA on 22 June 1936, his proposers being John Begg, Frank Charles Mears and Arthur Forman Balfour Paul. He became Head of the School of Architecture in Cambridge from January 1937, a post he held until his death in March 1953. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 14, Viewfield Terrace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Private | 1914 * | | | | London, England | Business | 1919 | 1921 | | | Manchester, England | Business | 1921 | c. 1923 | | | London, England | Business | c. 1923 | 1933 | | | 48, Ann Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | Before 1936 | After 1938 | | | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | Business | 1937 | 1953 | |
* 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 | | | | | Scottish Biographies | 1938 | | | E J Thurston (pub.) | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 March 1953 | v184 | | p500 - obituary | | RIBA Journal | August 1953 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p426 - obituary | | The Times | 24 March 1953 | | | 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 | | A v22 no2559 (microfilm reel 22); F no3344 (box 21) |
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