Basic Biographical Details | Name: | William John Kennedy | | Designation: | | | Born: | 1863 | | Died: | | | Bio Notes: | William John Kennedy seems to have been born in 1863 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, the son of James Kennedy who was a clerk at a skin an hide market and his wife Elizabeth Ramsay. He is not related to William James Kennedy of Edinburgh who was born in 1877. He was the nephew of skin and hide dealer Robert Ramsey, who was a wealthy Glaswegian, and commissioned the Glasgow skin and hide market from Honeyman, Keppie and Mackintosh.
In 1881 Kennedy is described as an 'architect's apprentice'.
It is probable that he is the W Kennedy of Glasgow who worked as a clerk of works with H M Office of Works in the 1880s. William J Kennedy was practising from 49 Duke Street in 1886 and later in the same year he appears to have moved to 194 St Vincent Street. He exhibited a competition design for Stirling High School at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1887. Nothing further is known of him. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 49, Dunlop Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1886 * | | | | Langside House, Langside, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1886 * | | | | 194, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1886 | After 1887 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Buildings and Designs| This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1886 | Stirling High School | Stirling | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Unsuccessful competition design |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Morag Cross | Information sent to DSA | | Sent April 2013 | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Research by Iain Paterson |
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