Basic Biographical Details Name: | William Meek Page | Designation: | | Born: | 27 September 1875 | Died: | c. 1955 | Bio Notes: | William Meek Page was born on 27 September 1875 and articled to David Alexander Crombie of Edinburgh from 1890 to 1894, during which period he attended Heriot-Watt College and the Edinburgh School of Applied Art under Professor Frank Worthington Simon. Simon took him into his own practice for the years 1894-95 but in the latter year he moved to Dunfermline as assistant to John Houston.
In 1897 he commenced independent practice in Perth, but had to return to Simon as an assistant in 1899, being absorbed into the merged practice of Anderson Simon & Crawford in that year as chief assistant. When the Anderson, Simon & Crawford partnership dissolved in litigation in 1903, and Simon left for Liverpool, Page remained with Anderson and his new partner Arthur Forman Balfour Paul. From about 1903 he appears to have operated independently as well with an office address at 7 Hermand Terrace until 1905 when he moved to Glasgow to work for John Campbell McKellar mainly on tenement work under the supervision of George Gunn.
Page emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand in 1907, working first for the Scottish practice of Thomas Turnbull & Son where the elder Turnbull had died in that year, and then for Atkins & Bacon from 1909. He was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, his proposers being William Turnbull, James Hector McKay and Roger Francis Bacon, all of Wellington. In his nomination form he states that prior to 1907 he had visited 'most principal buildings in Scotland and many in England' and had travelled in Belgium, Holland and Germany. In the same year of his admittance as LRIBA he commenced practice on his own account in Wellington, and he was still there when he was elected FRIBA by the RIBA Council in April 1931. His practice consisted of domestic, ecclesiastical, educational and commercial buildings.
It seems likely that hs died between 1954 and 1956 as he no longer appears in the RIBA directory having retained membership until well after retirement age. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Private/business | 1897 | 1899 | | | 7, Hermand Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | c. 1903 | c. 1906 | | | Hatton Street, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand | Private | 1912 * | | | | Royal Exchange Building/115, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, New Zealand | Business | 1930 or 1931 * | 1939 or after 1940 | | | Sunninghill, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand | Private | 1931 * | | | | 131, Karoni Road, Wellington, New Zealand | Private | 1940s | 1953 or 1954 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1894 | Gorgie EU Church | Gorgie | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As assistant to Frank Worthington Simon | | 1894 | Macfadyen Memorial Church | Chorlton-cum-Hardy | | Manchester | England | As assistant to Frank Worthington Simon | | 1895 | Kelty Established Church | Kelty | | Fife | Scotland | As assistant to John Houston | | 1895 | Kelty Infant School | Kelty | | Fife | Scotland | As assistant to John Houston | | 1898 | Boys Brigade Home | Fountainbridge | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As assistant to Frank Worthington Simon | | 1901 | Claremont Congregational Church | Blackpool | | Lancashire | England | As chief assistant to Anderson, Simon & Crawford |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1946 | The RIBA Kalendar 1946-1947 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1954 | RIBA Kalendar 1953-54 | | | | | RIBA | 1956 | Kalendar 1956-57 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v25 no2054; F no286 (box 13) |
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