Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Daniel Shearer | Designation: | | Born: | 25 August 1918 | Died: | 1972 | Bio Notes: | James Daniel (some sources erroneously give David) Shearer was born at Gavrock hill, Dunfermline on 28 August 1918, the son of James Grant Shearer, architect of Dunfermline and his wife Jessie Gorrie. He was the cousin of the dancer Moira Shearer. He studied at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, graduating from the diploma course in about 1950. He was articled to his father in 1946 but after graduation worked for the schools section of the LCC. He later was a partner with John Falconer who was probably his brother-in-law as Shearer Falconer & Associates which operated in conjunction with Deans & Co and Shearer & Annand. It is stated in the 1970 RIBA Kalendar that the practice provided 'partial services for the GLC'. He was elected ARIBA in 1950 and was Tite Prizeman in that same year. After his father's death he returned to continue the practice under its existing title of Shearer & Annand, and at the same time ran his London practice the title of which was Shearer Falconer & Associates.
Shearer must have had a distinguished war career as the RIBA Directory in 1970 notes he was Croix de Guerre (avec Etoile de Vermeil). He was a Knight of the Order of the Orange Nassau.
Shearer's wife, Mary Morag Sampson, whom he had met at Edinburgh College of Art was also an architect.
Shearer junior died prematurely of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1972. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Morton Lodge, Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland | Private | 1948 * | | | | 71, Great King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1950 * | | | | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | Private/business | After 1950 | Before 1962 | No evidence of Sheffield address. Surrey is given in directories 1970 directory | | Flat 5/10, The Paragon, Blackheath, London, England | Private | c. 1955 | 1962(?) | | | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Business | 1962 | 1974 | | | Coppers, Queen's Drive, Oakshott, Surrey, England | Private(?) | 1965 * | After 1970 | | | 10, Stratford Road, Kensington, London, England | Business | 1970 * | | |
* 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 | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p109 | | Emmerson, Roger | | James Shearer architect 1881-1962 | | Unpublished | | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p7 | | RCAHMS | 2004 | Creating a Future for the Past: the Scottish Architects' Papers Preservation Project | | Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | pp 114-17 | | RIBA | 1948 | The RIBA Kalendar 1948-1949 | | 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 | 1965 | The RIBA Kalendar | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Richard Cassidy | Information given to Yvonne Hillyard | | | | Interview with Eric Davidson, 20 October 2010 | Information to Yvonne Hillyard | | |
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