Basic Biographical Details Name: | George John Oakeshott | Designation: | | Born: | 1860 or 1861 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | George John Oakeshott was born in 1860 or 1861 and served his articles under William Young in London, remaining as improver for a year-and-a-half and studying at the South Kensington Schools and at the Architectural Association. He also attended classes at the Royal Academy Schools. He worked as assistant to Aston Webb & E Ingress Bell, to Thomas Edward Collcutt, and to Charles E Ware of Exeter before passing the qualifying exam in 1888. He was admitted ARIBA on 11 March the following year, his proposers being Richard Phené Spiers, Webb and Collcutt. In that year he emigrated to Australia where he entered State Service, subsequently entering Federal Service as Works Director in 1903. He had allowed his RIBA membership to lapse in 1899 but was subsequently re-admitted as FRIBA on 28 July 1928, proposed by the RIBA Council. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 26, Mount Park Crescent, Ealing, London, England | Private | 1888 | | | | Strathnoon, Killara, Sydney, Australia | Private/business | 1928 * | | |
* 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 | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | |
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 v10 p84 (microfiche 42/C6); F no2616 (box 9) |
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