Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Harrison Ball | Designation: | | Born: | 15 September 1900 | Died: | 1966 | Bio Notes: | James Harrison Ball was born on 15 September 1900 and was articled to William Kelly of Kelly & Nicol, Aberdeen in 1917, attending classes at the Aberdeen School of Architecture. He completed his apprenticeship in 1923 but continued to study at the School until 1925, and travelled in France and Spain. Thereafter he moved to Dublin to become senior assistant to W H Byrne & Son, later moving to Bolton to join Bradshaw Gass & Hope in the same capacity. He was admitted LRIBA on 7 October 1930, his proposers being Robert Leslie Rollo, Robert Gordon Wilson Junior, and George Morrison Hay, all of Aberdeen. By that time he had joined the London County Council as an assistant. Rollo, under whom he had studied at the Aberdeen School of Architecture, thought particularly highly of him, describing him in his nomination papers as 'greatly distinguished, amongst his contemporaries in his studies, by refinement, charm, & delicacy in his work which was of an extremely high standard of excellence (which still obtains)'.
Ball died in London in 1966, his death being registered between October and December of that year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 50, Glenloch Road, Belsize Park, London, England | Private | 1930 * | | | | 12a Spencer House, Albion Avenue, London, England | Business | 1960 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers
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 | | L no3337 (box 9) |
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