Basic Biographical Details Name: | Stanley White Edgar | Designation: | | Born: | 13 March 1909 | Died: | 2 November 1991 | Bio Notes: | Stanley White Edgar was born at Kirklinton, Cumberland on 13 March 1909, the son of George Edgar, clerk of works and his wife, Margaret Isabella White. From 1925-1931 he was an apprentice and later junior assistant in the practice of John Ross McKay while at the same time studying part-time at Edinburgh College of Art for design subjects and at Heriot Watt for technical subjects.
He gained wide experience by moving from office to office after about a year spent in each. From 1931-32 he was a junior assistant with Reginald Fairlie and 1932-33 had a similar post in the office of John Alexander Carfrae. He moved again in 1933 to work for as assistant in the firm Adam Currie & Sons, shopfitters and again the following year to an assistant post in the office of Frank Wood. In 1935 he took a post as chief assistant with George Gordon & Co in Inverness and then in 1938 moved to as senior assistant with Lanarkshire County Council with John Stewart as County Architect. .He was an Associate of the Glasgow Institute of Architects in 1939-1940 and his address at that time was 34 Albert Street, Motherwell. This was the address of James Cullen, one of the three sons of Alexander Cullen, architect. Edgar was presumably an assistant with the younger Cullen at this time. (This does not appear on his LRIBA paper - he records there that he was working for John Stewart, County Architect, Lanarkshire County Council at this time (whose address was 10 Albert Street, Motherwell).
During the war Edgar moved again to the post of chief assistant architect with the War Department, the Royal Engineers, Orkney & Shetland. In October 1942 he was commissioned in the Royal Engineers as garrison engineer, the works services branch. From April 1943 to July 1946 he served in India with the Royal Engineers (again the works services branch), attached to the Indian Army. After demobilisation he returned to Edinburgh to the post of chief assistant with Dick Peddie McKay & Jamieson. He was elected LRIBA in 1954, proposed by John Ross McKay, Frank Wood and William Archibald Park Jack.
In 1955 he became partner with Dick Peddie & McKay. He retired in 1974 and withdrew from the RIBA in 1983.
He died at Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh on 2 November 1991. He was married twice, his second wife being Isobel Hunter Cunningham. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 34, Albert Street, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | 1939 * | | | | 40, Silverknowes Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1954 * | | | | 8, Albyn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1970 * | | | | 1, Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1980s | | | | 1, Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | c. 1981 | c. 1991 | In 1991 his address is recorded as 1/1 Craigmillar Park - perhaps the house became divided. |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | William Archibald Park Jack | 12 October 1954 | For Licentiateship | | John Ross McKay | 12 October 1954 | For Licentiateship | | Frank Wood | 12 October 1954 | For Licentiateship |
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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 | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Newsletter | January 1992 | v3, no3 | | Death note |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | L6602 (Box 148) | |
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