Basic Biographical Details Name: | Archibald Sinclair Gold | Designation: | | Born: | 22 April 1890 | Died: | 8 May 1941 | Bio Notes: | Archibald Sinclair Gold was born on 22 April 1890 in Glasgow, the son of JAmes Gold, shuttlemaker, and his wife Stewart Sinclair. He was articled to Peter Macgregor Chalmers in 1906, studying at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College and Glasgow School of Art. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1913 he moved to India to work as an assistant to Mackintosh, Burn & Co in Calcutta, and was promoted to Chief Architect in 1922, designing a large number of major buildings in and around the city including warehouses, offices, telephone exchanges, schools, recreation buildings, factories and residences. He returned to Glasgow in 1928 and was living and practising at 28 Govanhill Street at the time of his election as LRIBA in 1931, his proposers being Henry A Crouch, Herbert Austen Hall and George Arthur Boswell.
Gold died on 8 May 1941 aged 51, survived by his wife Elizabeth McNab Brach. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 67, Calder Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | | 1941 | | | Calcutta, India | Private/business | 1913 | 1928 | | | 28, Govanhill Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business | 1931 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no3977 (box 19) |
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