Basic Biographical Details Name: | Percy Pithie Henderson | Designation: | | Born: | 17 January 1907 | Died: | 1950 | Bio Notes: | Percy Pithie Henderson was born on 17 January 1907 and was articled to William B Taylor of Edinburgh in January 1923, remaining with him as assistant for eighteen months after completing his apprenticeship and attending classes at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. He obtained an exemption from the RIBA intermediate exam and on 1 July 1928 he left Taylor to join H M Office of Works in Edinburgh, continuing his professional education by taking the Reinforced Concrete class at Edinburgh University and Banister Fletcher's course in Hygiene, Specification of Materials and Professional Practice, and by studying privately for the final exam. This he passed in two stages, achieving Part 2 in December 1929 but being relegated in design, and finally passing Part 1 in July the following year. He was admitted ARIBA in late 1930, his proposers being John Begg, George Donaldson Macniven and John Wilson; at that time he was still in H M Office of Works. By 1939 or 1940 he had transferred to the London branch of HM Office of Works, Maintenance Division. He was still working with the Ministry of Works but in the Birmingham office in about 1948. He died between January and March 1950 in Ealing in London. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 16, Thirlestane Lane, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1930 * | | | | 3, Corstorphine Hill Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private/business | c. 1934 | c. 1935 | Home and office? |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Begg | Late 1930 | for Associateship | | George Donaldson Macniven | Late 1930 | for Associateship | | John Wilson | Late 1930 | for Associateship |
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no4546 (combined box 21) |
|