Basic Biographical Details

Name: Andrew Edwin Martin
Designation:  
Born: 1879
Died:  
Bio Notes: Andrew Edwin Martin was born in 1879 and articled to John James Burnet of Burnet Son & Campbell, Glasgow in 1893, attending the classes at Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow & West of School Technical College. He spent the summer of 1897 travelling in France and Belgium, and when Burnet's partnership with John Archibald Campbell was dissolved in that year, Martin went with Campbell with whom he remained until 1901 when he obtained a post with Hutchison & Wood in Montreal. In 1904 he moved to Brown & Vallance in the same city, and it was from there that he won the Owen Jones Studentship in 1908, although his nomination paper does not specify his travels. He was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, his proposers being Andrew Sharp, Thomas McLaren and George Allen Ross (later of Ross & MacDonald), all of Montreal.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Golf Links, Westmount, Montreal, CanadaPrivate1912  

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 4Burnet Son & Campbell18931897Apprentice 
Item 2 of 4John Archibald Campbell18981901Assistant 
Item 3 of 4Hutchison & Wood19011904Assistant 
Item 4 of 4Brown & Vallance1904After 1912Assistant 

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 3Thomas McLaren24 June 1912for Licentiateship
Item 2 of 3George Allen Ross24 June 1912for Licentiateship
Item 3 of 3Andrew Sharp24 June 1912for Licentiateship

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 31897Dawyck HouseBroughton (near) PeeblesshireScotlandLarge addition - as assistant to John Archibald Campbell
Item 2 of 31898Britannia Assurance Building  GlasgowScotlandAs assistant to John Archibald Campbell
Item 3 of 31898Gilmour Girls' Cottage HomeCroftamie, Drymen DunbartonshireScotlandAs assistant to John Archibald Campbell

References

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers L v25 no2025