Basic Biographical Details Name: | Richard Rennie Alexander | Designation: | | Born: | 12 January 1905 | Died: | January 2006 | Bio Notes: | Richard Rennie Alexander was born on 12 January 1905 and was articled to George Bennett Mitchell & Son in 1920. Of the ensuing six years he spent a total of three as a full-time apprentice and three studying full-time at Aberdeen School of Architecture, where he received his diploma in 1925 with Distinction in Civic Design. He passed the final exam and was admitted ARIBA on 29 November 1926, his proposers being Robert Gordon Wilson Junior, John Wilson Walker and George Watt. In that year he found employment as an assistant to Kelly & Nicol, working on new bank premises and ecclesiastical projects. After three years he moved to Bolton to join Bradshaw Gass & Hope as senior assistant on their civic centre schemes, and in 1931 he moved again, becoming senior assistant to the Hampshire County Architect where his work focused on schools and hospitals. He worked for the Borough of Eastbourne from 1935, and was promoted to Deputy Borough Architect in 1944. Two years later he left for Dewsbury, Yorkshire to become Borough Architect and Town Planning Officer there, and he retained that post until 1952 when he was appointed City Architect of Lincoln. He remained in this post of the rest of his career. He was elected FRIBA on 6 December 1955, proposed by R E M Coombes, Leonard Howitt and J W H Barnes.
By 1971 he had retired and was living in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria. He died in January 2006. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 38 , Lilybank Place, Aberdeen, Scotland | Private | 1926 * | | | | Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England | Private/business | 1946 | 1952 | | | 73, Yarborough Crescent, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | Private | 1955 * | | | | Stamp End, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | Business | 1955 * | | | | Rock Cottage, High Casterton Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, England | Private | 1971 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no3967 (stored under F5003, combined box 49); F no5003 (combined box 49) |
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