Basic Biographical Details Name: | Alexander Alban Hamilton Scott (or Archibald Alban Hamilton Scott, or Augustine Alban Hamilton Scott) | Designation: | | Born: | 30 May 1876 | Died: | Early 1944(?) | Bio Notes: | Alexander Hamilton Scott was born on 30 May 1876 and was articled to Peter Caldwell of Paisley from 1890 to 1895, remaining for one year as assistant and studying at Paisley School of Art. In 1896 he assisted Robert Wemyss of Glasgow for eight months on Dunbartonshire and Lanarkshire railway station buildings, and James Archibald Morris of Ayr for three months, and in the following year spent three months with D Barker of Perth before moving to Glasgow as assistant to William Baillie. Before the year 1897 was out he moved offices again when he was appointed architect to the Caledonian Railway Company. After thirteen months in that position he took a new post as architect in the firm of Babtie & Bonn, civil engineers and architects, with whom he stayed until 1907, a year after their practice had become Babtie, Shaw & Morton. For much of this early period in Glasgow he studied at the Glasgow & West of Scotland Technical College and Glasgow School of Art (1897-1900 and again in 1902-3).
He commenced practice on his own account in 1908 whilst pursuing further studies at Glasgow School of Architecture (1908-9). He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. At that date he was living and working at 43 Mill Street, Paisley. By 1909 he had moved his office to Glasgow, whilst retaining the same home address until around the time of the First World War. In 1922 he entered the Chicago Tribune Tower competition in collaboration with John A W Grant.
Scott's forename is sometimes given as Archibald but he is not the same person as Augustine Alban Hamilton Scott who was born in Kent in September 1878 and died in London in January 1944. They have separate entries in the Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 by Antonia Brodie (p.556) | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 43, Mill Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Private | Before 1897 | After 1914 | | | 180, Hope Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1904 * | | Presumably the address of Babtie & Bonn | | 224, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1909 * | | | | 103, Stevenson Drive, Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1919 | After 1930 | | | 65, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1924 * | | | | 122, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1929 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Bennie Wilson | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Measurers\' Companion | 1911 | The Scottish Architects' and Measurers' Companion | | | | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
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 | | Information on various names and death date from research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v20 no1574 |
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