Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Robert Robertson Reid Young | | Designation: | | | Born: | 8 September 1910 | | Died: | March 1995 | | Bio Notes: | Robert Robertson Reid Young was born on 8 September 1910 and was articled to Lake Falconer of Blairgowrie in March 1927. On Falconer's retirement in November 1928 he transferred to the office of Maclaren Soutar Salmond to complete his apprenticeship, enabling him to attend classes at the Dundee School of Architecture. He travelled in Europe for four weeks in 1931 and for another four in 1933 and passed the intermediate exam in Edinburgh in May of the latter year, leaving Dundee that September to enter the Liverpool School of Architecture at third-year level. During the following academic year he spent five months working for Pite, Son & Fairweather in London, returning to Liverpool for his final year. On completion of his studies in July 1936 he returned to Pite, Son & Fairweather as senior assistant. He was admitted ARIBA on 21 June 1937, his proposers being Charles Geddes Soutar, Lionel Bailey Budden and Hubert Moore Fairweather. His nomination papers state that he had travelled in Italy and Germany prior to that time. Later in 1937 he returned to Liverpool to join Barnish, Silcock & Thearle as senior assistant.
He served with the Royal Engineers with the British West Indies Regiment, DCRE in the South Caribbean from 1940 to 1943 or 1945 (Nomination Papers vary on the dates). He spent two months of 1942 travelling in the USA, and on his return to Scotland was appointed lecturer and studio instructor at the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, a post which occupied him part-time until 1949. He had commenced practice on his own account in 1946. There is again a conflict of information between his two Nomination Papers: his Associateship Paper indicates he was a full-time lecturer at the School of Architecture while his Fellowship Paper indicates he was simulataneouly running his own practice. In the later 1940s he continued to lecture part-time whilst practising in association with Gordon Stephenson, who had officially joined him in partnership in 1948. He was elevated to FRIBA in 1953. His proposers were Lionel Bailey Budden, Robert Joseph Gardner-Medwin and Gordon Stephenson.
By 1974 he had gone into semi-retirement in Moelfre, near Oswestry. He died in early 1995. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Hill House, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland | Private | 1937 * | After 1940 | 'Permanent' address, although working in London at this time | | Abercromby Square, Liverpool, England | Business | 1946 | | | | Blairlea, Acrefield Road, Woolton, Liverpool, England | Private | 1953 * | | | | 6, Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool, England | Business | 1953 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or Pupils| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | William Knight | 1950 | 1952 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA Proposals| This proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Norman Frederick Kingham | 26 June 1963 | for Fellowship | | William Knight | 26 June 1963 | For Fellowship |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no6446 (stored under F4834, combined box 38); F no4834 (combined box 38) |
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