Basic Biographical Details

Name: Hugh C Stewart
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Born: 30 July 1884
Died: 1 January 1951
Bio Notes: Hugh Stewart was born on 30 July 1884. He studied at Glasgow School of Art where he was awarded the G.S.A. Haldane Trust Bursary, and received two First Class Certificates for his drawings. He articled with George Smith Hill, from 1899 to 1904, then worked as an assistant for Syson & Midgley, civil engineers, from October 1904 to October 1906. He then worked as a draughtsman with Redpath Brown & Co, structural engineers. He emigrated to Canada in November 1906 settling in Toronto and joined the Architectural Bronze & Iron Works Co, where Melville P. White was architect-in-charge and later chief draughtsman.

He joined the Premises Dept. of The Bank of Nova Scotia in early 1912. As Staff Architect, he supervised the construction of, or alterations to, all bank branches for the company in Canada, working closely with design architects for each branch including John M. Lyle, Murray Brown, and Andrew Sharp. He spent the rest of his career with the Bank, and died in Toronto on 1 January 1951.

Private and Business Addresses

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 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 2Glasgow, ScotlandBusiness   
Item 2 of 2Nova Scotia, CanadaBusiness1905  

Employment and Training

Employers

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 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 2Redpath Brown & Co Before 1905  
Item 2 of 2Bank of Nova Scotia Architects Department1905 Assistant 

References

Bibliographic References

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 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/ http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/  Courtesy of Robert Hill

Periodical References

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 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Journal of the Royal Architectural Inst of CanadaApril 1951  p118

Archive References

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 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1Professor David M Walker personal archiveProfessor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material Information from Holly Kinnear