Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Andrew MacAra | Designation: | | Born: | Late 1861 or 1862 | Died: | 8 November 1893 | Bio Notes: | John Andrew MacAra was born in late 1861 or 1862, the son of James Findlay MacAra, the Free Church Minister at Kinloss, and his wife Elizabeth McLaren. He was articled to James Salmon & Son, Glasgow, from 1879 to 1885. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in Civil Engineering, and attended the South Kensington Schools before passing the qualifying exam in 1888. He commenced practice at 571 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow in the latter year and was admitted ARIBA on 13 January 1890, his proposers being William Forrest Salmon, John Burnet Senior and Thomas Lennox Watson. He worked more as civil engineer than architect during his short career: he died of peritonitis at 250 Renfrew Street on 8 November 1893, at the early age of thirty-one. No work by him is known. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 571, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1888 | After 1893 | |
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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 | | | | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
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 | | Additional research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v11 p3 (microfiche 45/D5) |
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