Basic Biographical Details Name: | Robert Harkness Wallace | Designation: | | Born: | 20 July 1897 | Died: | 19 February 1942 | Bio Notes: | Robert Harkness Wallace was born on 20 July 1897, the son of John Wallace, engineer's draughtsman and his wife, Sarah Summers. His middle name Harkness appears neither in his birth nor his death details but perhaps added at some point for professional reasons. He was articled to William Riddell Glen of Glasgow in 1912, attending classes at the Glasgow School of Architecture. In 1915 he transferred to the office of William Beresford Inglis and after eight months moved again to spend the last seven months of his apprenticeship with William Baillie. On completion of his training he joined Sir William Arrol & Co as a structural draughtsman and architectural assistant, but he left after nine months to take up a post as draughtsman and resident engineer for the Air Ministry Works & Buildings Department. Thereafter he continued to work as an assistant in several offices, both architectural and engineering, joining Fryers & Penman of Largs in 1920, Brown & Kincaid of Glasgow in 1924, the Clydeview Construction Company in Bridge of Weir in 1926 and C Davidson & Son in Paisley in 1927. He was still in the latter office when he was admitted LRIBA on 10 July 1939, his proposers being Robert Miller, Eric Alexander Sutherland and Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour.
Wallace died on 19 February 1942 at his home in Cambuslang. He was not married.
| Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 87, Dukes Road, Cambuslang, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | | 1942 | | | 10, Craigpark Drive, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1939 * | | |
* 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 no4791 (combined box 35) |
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