Basic Biographical Details Name: | Alec Nisbet | Designation: | | Born: | 26 December 1890 | Died: | 1946 | Bio Notes: | Alec Nisbet was born on 26 December 1890 and was articled to Peter Robert McLaren of Edinburgh from 8 October 1906 until 1911. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College from 1909 to 1914, and was awarded the Scottish National Art Survey Scholarship, which occupied him from May to November of the latter year.
After serving in the First World War, he passed the Special War Exam in April 1919 and joined the office of Brierley & Rutherford in York. Walter Henry Brierley was one of his proposers for his admittance as ARIBA on 1 March 1920, the others being John Watson (presumably of Edinburgh) and Francis William Deas. Shortly thereafter he appears to have joined Adams & Watkin of Stoke-on-Trent, spending two years there as chief assistant, and appears to have assisted in a London office thereafter, working on Streatham Public Baths and Wandsworth Town Hall extensions. In 1929 he became chief assistant to Walter John Tapper, also of London.
He was elected FRIBA on 20 June 1938, his proposers being Frank Charles Mears and his former employers Ernest Tellwright Watkin and John Brittain Adams. By that time he had moved to Oxford where he was presumably working for the Town Council, his business address being Oxford Town Hall and his home address 11 Wentworth Road, Summertown, Oxford. He remained in Oxford, though had moved to a different address by the later 1940s. He is no longer listed in the Directory for 1960. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1890 | After 1914 | | | 37, Avenue Terrace, York, Yorkshire, England | Private | 1920 * | | | | 11, Wentworth Road, Summertown, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | Private | 1938 * | | | | Town Hall, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | Business | 1938 * | | | | 329, Banbury Road, Oxford, England | Private | Late 1940s | Before 1950 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | George Clark Robb | 16 April 1940 | for Associateship |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | 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 | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v25 no2899 (microfilm reel 23); F no3468 (box 24) |
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