Basic Biographical Details Name: | James John Gordon | Designation: | | Born: | 5 November 1902 | Died: | 22 July 1964 | Bio Notes: | James John Gordon was born on 5 November 1902, the son of John Robert Webster Gordon, blacksmith, and his wife Janet Cook. He served his articles in the Edinburgh City Architects Department from September 1918 while at the same time studying part-time at Heriot Watt from 1918 (day and evening classes) and at Edinburgh College of Art from 1919 (morning and evening classes). From 1923 to 1924 he worked as assistant in the office of Dick Peddie & McKay transferring to that of McLaren Soutar & Salmond in Dundee in the latter year where he remained until 1925. He returned to Edinburgh to Jamieson & Arnott and in 1929 secured the post of chief architect to the Commercial Bank of Scotland where he remained until at least 1950 with the exception of his five years of war service.
He was a member of the Edinburgh Architectural Association in 1939-40. At that date he was living at 177 Dalkeith Road. He was admitted LRIBA in 1947, proposed by John Ross McKay, Leslie Graham Thomson and John Jerdan.
Watson died at the Eastern General Hospital on 22 July 1964 and was buried in Newington Cemetery, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh. His wife was Suzanne Denise Verdier or Nazarre. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 1, Lower Broomieknowe, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland | Private | | 1964 | | | 177, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private(?) | c. 1938 * | c. 1940 | | | 16, Golf Course Road, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland | Private | 1947 | | | | 14, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1950 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | 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 | | L no 6152 (Combined Box 122) | | Steven Robb | Information from gravestone (per Steven Robb) | | Sent October 2008 |
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