Basic Biographical Details Name: | Adam Horsburgh Campbell | Designation: | | Born: | 1862 | Died: | January 1947 | Bio Notes: | Adam Horsburgh Campbell was born in 1862 and was articled in the Edinburgh Engineer's office in 1882, remaining as assistant until 1889. Thereafter he held municipal assistant's posts in Stratford-on-Avon and East Ham, where his duties extended to housing. On 5 December 1910 he was appointed Edinburgh's burgh engineer, a post which the embraced town planning. He advised the newly created Housing and Town Planning Committee from 1919 under the act of that year and became Director of Housing in January 1920, an appointment strongly objected to by Sir Rowand Anderson.
In the summer of 1924 Campbell visited the Netherlands to study local authority housing as a member of a Board of Health delegation led by Sir Charles Ruthven. Then he saw the Korrelbeton system, which led him to experiment with concrete construction.
Campbell's last years in municipal service were marred by a complete breakdown in working relationships between himself and the City Architect James Anderson Williamson. Campbell's relationaship with Williamson's successor, Ebeneezrer Macrae, was no better. He retired slightly early on 3 June 1926, his duties as Director of Housing being taken over by Macrae. Campbell died in January 1947. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | Before 1882 | 1889 | | | Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England | Business | After 1889 | Before 1910 | | | East Ham, London, England | Business | After 1889 | Before 1910 | | | Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1910 | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Ion Victor Godfrey Hamilton Warner | September 1919 | 1926 | Assistant | In Edinburgh Corporation Housing Department |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Frew, John | 1994 | Concrete, cosmopolitanism and low-cost housing: the architectural career of A H Campbell, 1923-1926 | V | Architectural Heritage, pp29-38 | |
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