Basic Biographical Details Name: | David James Moir | Designation: | | Born: | 1885 | Died: | 1957 | Bio Notes: | David John Moir was born in 1885, the son of a builder, and articled to Maclaren & Mackay of Perth from 1903 to 1907. Thereafter he moved to Glasgow as assistant to J W Laird & J Laird, which enabled him to study at the Glasgow School of Architecture under Professors Bourdon, Gourlay and McGibbon. In 1911 Moir left the Laird office to emigrate to Toronto where he passed the qualifying exam, which was supervised by Percy Erskine Nobbs. Nobbs was sufficiently impressed by him to offer him a job in the Nobbs & Hyde office in Montreal which he took up in 1912. He was admitted ARIBA on 2 December of that year, his proposers being Nobbs, Philip John Turner of Montreal and Francis Spence Baker of Toronto, probably the architect for whom he had worked when he moved there.
Moir occasionally taught at McGill School of Architecture but never sought full-time teaching, preferring to practise with Nobbs. He died in 1957. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Toronto, Canada | Private | 1911 | 1912 | | | 192, Manse Street, Montreal, Canada | Private | 1912 * | | |
* 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 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Journal of the Royal Architectural Inst of Canada | July 1957 | v34 no7 | | Obituary |
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 | | Information from Holly Kinnear | | Province of Quebec Association of Architects | Province of Quebec Association of Architects Files | | Application form, member no 164, June 1938 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v20 no2338 (microfilm reel 21) |
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