Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Alexander Clark Meston | | Designation: | | | Born: | 5 July 1882 | | Died: | | | Bio Notes: | Alexander Clark Meston was born on 5 July 1882 and articled to James Souttar of Aberdeen from 1897 to 1902, during which period he attended Robert Gordon's College and Gray's School of Art. In February 1903 he moved to London to become assistant first to Edmund Woodthorpe and, after Woodthorpe's death in May 1906, to Osborn Cluse Hills, District Surveyor for Hackney, West Strand and Westminster East. Consequently Meston's work over the next few years whilst in Hills' office consisted of surveying rather than design, and he passed the RIBA's qualifying exam for district surveyors in 1910, enabling him to act as deputy when Hills was out of town.
He was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, his proposers being Hills, the Wandsworth Surveyor Lawton Robert Ford and Sir Henry Tanner. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 70, Hazledene Road, Grove Park, Chiswick, London W, England | Private | 1912 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | James Souttar | 1897 | 1902 | Apprentice | | | Edmund Woodthorpe | February 1903 | May 1906 | Assistant | | | Osborn Cluse Hills | May 1906 | After 1912 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v25 no2031 |
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