Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Christopher Rogerson | Designation: | | Born: | 21 January 1895 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | James Christopher Rogerson was born on 21 January 1895 at Blindhillbush, Lockerbie and was articled to Robert Douglas of Lockerbie on 30 June 1911. His training was interrupted by war service from 8 January 1915 to 19 March 1919 and, Douglas having been killed in the war, Rogerson completed his apprenticeship from 26 May 1919 to 31 January 1921 in the office of Cook & Hamilton in Paisley. He then obtained a post as assistant to Thomas Graham Abercrombie in the same town, leaving him in May 1924 to join Maclaren Soutar Salmond of Dundee as senior assistant to.
He moved on 14 July 1928 to Northern Ireland, where he was appointed assistant architect (class II) in the Works Department of the Ministry of Finance. He was still there when he was admitted LRIBA on 3 December 1934, his proposers being Charles Geddes Soutar, William Salmond and Roland Ingleby Smith. In 1938 he worked for the District Office of Works, Coleraine, but by 1946 had returned to the Department of Works and Public Buildings, Ministry of Finance, Belfast where he continued to work until the late 1950s. He is no longer entered in the Kalendar for 1960-61. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Blindhillbush, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Private | 1895 | | Place of birth | | Hazeldene, Heatherlee Avenue, Port Stewart, County Derry, Northern Ireland | Private | 1934 * | | |
* 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 | 1938 | The RIBA Kalendar 1938-1939 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1946 | The RIBA Kalendar 1946-1947 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1954 | RIBA Kalendar 1953-54 | | | | | RIBA | 1956 | Kalendar 1956-57 | | | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no4420 (box 13) |
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