Basic Biographical Details Name: | Ian Brown Kinnear | Designation: | | Born: | 19 August 1912 | Died: | 1 April 1987 | Bio Notes: | Ian Brown Kinnear was born on 19 August 1912, the son of Peter Myles Kinnear, flax works manager, and his wife Williamina Donaldson Brown. He was articled to James Findlay and David Smith of Findlay, Stewart & Robbie from June 1930, attending classes at the School of Architecture and Institute of Art & Technology, Dundee. On completing his apprenticeship he remained briefly in the same office as assistant before commencing the diploma course at Edinburgh College of Art in September 1935. In summer 1936 he assisted in the office of Maclaren Soutar Salmond, and the following year in that of Thoms & Wilkie. He secured a travelling scholarship which enabled him to visit Norway, Sweden and Denmark in Sseptember 1936. He passed the professional practice exam in July 1937 and obtained his diploma in June 1938, having completed the course the previous year, and was admitted ARIBA on 24 October 1938, his proposers being Patrick Hill Thoms, Charles Geddes Soutar and John Donald Mills. At that time he was still working for Thoms & Wilkie. He was also an Associate of the Dundee Institute of Architects. By 1939 he had moved to become an assistant with Alexander Mair in Ayr.
He resigned his RIBA membership in 1983 and died on 1 April 1987 at King's Cross Hospital, Dundee. He was survived by his wife, Isabella Shalliday Myles and at least one son. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Oathlaw House, Oathlaw, Forfar, Angus, Scotland | Private | | 1980s | | | 26, Loraine Road, Dundee, Scotland | Private | 1938 * | | | | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | Business | 1939 * | | | | 20, Queen's Gardens, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1950 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no6839 (combined box 162) |
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