Basic Biographical Details Name: | Forbes Murison | Designation: | | Born: | 22 November 1896 | Died: | Before May 1977 | Bio Notes: | Forbes Murison was born at Whitehill, Carnousie, Forglen on 22 November 1896, the son of William Murison, master carpenter and his wife, Elizabeth Winchester. He began his apprenticeship with an unidentified firm in 1912. His training was interrupted by military service abroad from 1914 to 1919. On his return he attended classes at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and in 1922 he moved to Glasgow to complete his training at the Technical College and School of Architecture there whilst working as an assistant in the Architect's Department of the Office of Public Works. He remained in the same office, by then known as the City Engineer's Department, until at least late 1931 when he was admitted ARIBA, his proposers being Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour, also of the Office of Public Works, David Salmond and John Watson. His permanent address was still living in Glasgow at the time of his death in the 1970s.
[In the RIBA Directory of 1960 he is listed but has no address. Hamish Stewart Murison who qualified in 1959 was living in Elgin in 1960. He emigrated to Australia where he worked in the Faculty of Architecture, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland. Did his father join him and died out there?] | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 15, Ascog Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1931 | | | | 50, Madison Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1950 * | | | | 54, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1951 | | | | 65, Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business(?) | 1951 * | 1953 | |
* 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 | | Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour | Late 1931 | for Associateship | | David Salmond | Late 1931 | for Associateship | | John Watson | Late 1931 | for Associateship |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p12, p169 Vale of Leven Hospital p28 Experimental ward at Greenock | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Journal | 3 November 1955 | | | p587 (named as Chief Architect for Western Regional Hospital Board for Vale of Leven Hospital) | | Builder | 25 May 1951 | | | p768 | | Builder | 10 August 1951 | | | p198 | | Builder | 12 January 1951 | | | p87 | | Builder | 11 January 1952 | | | p101 | | Builder | 16 January 1953 | | | p145 | | Builder | 13 March 1953 | | | p435 | | Builder | 8 January 1954 | | | p77 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | National Archives (via Scotlands People) | Statutory births | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no4780 (combined box 35) |
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