Basic Biographical Details Name: | John Strachan Fraser | Designation: | | Born: | 14 March 1908 | Died: | 24 March 1990 | Bio Notes: | John Strachan Fraser was born on 14 March 1908, the son of John Fraser of Dunfermline and his wife Barbara Campbell. He attended day classes at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art from 1925 to 1928, gaining his certificate in the latter year and with it an exemption from the RIBA intermediate examination. He worked in the office of Dick Peddie & Walker Todd from August 1928 to October 1930, continuing to study at the College of Art, and travelling around Scotland and to Oxford and the Cotswolds during his holidays. He gained his diploma in June 1931 and passed the Professional Practice exam the following month, enabling him to be admitted ARIBA early the following year, his proposers being John Begg, Frank Charles Mears and Charles Denny Carus-Wilson. By that time he had joined his father's practice at 3 Randolph Street, Dunfermline and was living at 24 Woodmill Road in the same town. He was taken into partnership later in the 1930s.
In 1950 he gave the practice address as 11 Maygate Dunfermline which is also the address of Shearer & Annand at that date. It is not yet clear what if any association there was between the practices. He was elected FRIAS in 1964 and FRIBA at some point after this. It is not yet known when he retired. He is still listed as sole partner in the practice in 1980, though by this date he would be in his 70s.
Fraser died on 24 March 1990, survived by his wife Kathleen Mabel Irwin and his son John.
The National Monuments Record of Scotland holds a collection of his student work which dates from 1928-30. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 24, Woodmill Road, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Private | 1931 * | | | | 3, Randolph Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Business | 1931 * | | | | 11, Maygate, Dunfermine, Fife, Scotland | Business | 1950 * | | | | 6, Orchard Lane, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Private | Before 1964 | 1990 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | J M Dick Peddie & Walker Todd | August 1928 | October 1930 | Apprentice | | | John Fraser & Son | c. 1938(?) | After 1980(?) | Partner | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1980 | Directory of Practices 1980 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Newsletter | April 1990 | v1, no10 | | Death note |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no4820 (combined box 37) |
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