Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Begg Campbell | Designation: | | Born: | 1882 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | John Begg Campbell was born in 1882 and articled to David Barclay of H & D Barclay, Glasgow, entering the office in 1898 and remaining for twelve years, including one full year as Clerk of Works for Stranraer High School. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1902 to 1903 and at Glasgow Royal Technical College for six years, and later taught Building Construction in Bellahouston Academy for three sessions. By 1912 he had been appointed designer of ship interiors for the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company Ltd in Govan, and he was admitted LRIBA on 24 June of the same year, his proposers being Barclay, Alexander Nisbet Paterson and John Campbell Reid. During the inter-war years he was in partnership with Colin Sinclair who had been a fellow apprentice in the Barclay office and who had inherited the Barclay practice on David's death in 1917. This partnership of Sinclair and Begg ended in 1940 when Sinclair again became sole partner. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 202, Saracen Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1903 | After 1912 | | | 4, Harrison Drive, Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business | 1914 or 1915 * | | | | 245, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1920 | 1924 or 1925 | | | 440, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1924 or 1925 * | | | | 121, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1930 | 1939 or after 1940 | |
* 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 | | RIBA | 1930 | The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
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 | | Research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v23 no1875 |
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