Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Alexander Arthur Robin | | Designation: | | | Born: | 19 August 1906 | | Died: | 1943 | | Bio Notes: | Alexander Arthur Robin was born in Glasgow on 19 August 1906, the son of Mathew Robin, master mechanical engineer and his wife Mabel Mylias Don who had married in London. He commenced his training at Glasgow School of Architecture in 1925 and served his apprenticeship with Wylie, Wright & Wylie (possibly initially under the firm of Wright & Wylie before Frederick Robert Wylie was taken into partnership in 1928). He joined Thoms & Wilkie of Dundee as assistant in 1931. He received his diploma in 1932 and passed the qualifying exam in July 1933, enabling him to be admitted ARIBA on 4 December that year, his proposers being Thomas Harold Hughes, John Watson and John Keppie. His year of birth is not known, his nomination papers giving his birth date as 19 August 1933 - clearly a slip of the pen. He was also an Associate of the Edinburgh Architectural Association. By the end of the 1930s he had moved to Oxford, his address there being 36 Morrell Avenue, South Park.
Robin died in Cockermouth aged 36 in 1943. His death was registered between January and March of that year. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 7, Melfort Avenue, Dumbreck, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1933 * | | | | 36, Morrell Avenue, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | Private/business(?) | 1939 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Wright & Wylie | After 1925(?) | 1928(?) | Apprentice(?) | Probably began his apprenticeship under this firm | | Wylie, Wright & Wylie | 1928(?) | Before 1931 | Apprentice | | | Thoms & Wilkie | 1931 | Before 1933 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA Proposers| The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Thomas Harold Hughes | 4 December 1933 | for Associateship | | John Keppie | 4 December 1933 | for Associateship | | John Watson | 4 December 1933 | for Associateship |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The 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 | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | National Archives (via Scotlands People) | Statutory births | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no5267 (combined box 67) |
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