Basic Biographical Details Name: | Thomas Smith Shearer | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Thomas Smith Shearer was a son James Shearer of Dunfermline, variously described as a linen manufacturer and damask pattern designer, and was the younger brother of James Grant Shearer. He took the general art course at Lauder Technical School, Dunfermline from 1904 to 1908, gaining various Kensington Certificates, and studied modelling under R R Goulden MSBS. In 1908 he joined his elder brother's practice as apprentice and he remained there as assistant until March 1913 when he secured a temporary appointment in the office of James Miller in Glasgow before moving to London to work as assistant to Aston Webb. Whilst there he studied at the Westminster Institute, gaining exemption from the RIBA preliminary exam in October. He left Webb's office in December the same year to rejoin his brother's practice in January 1914, and in June that year he passed the final exam. His career was interrupted on the outbreak of war two months later, whereupon he enlisted in the armed forces. He served in Athens and Constantinople, and whilst on active service in December 1914 had a design for a concert hall 'accepted as a Testimony of Study for Final Examination'. He was admitted ARIBA in mid-1920, his proposers being Aston Webb who described him as 'for a time a much valued assistant of mine', together with his son Maurice Everett Webb and Shearer's then employer James Ernest Franck, also of London. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Private | | 1913 | | | 75, Limerston Street, Chelsea, London SW, England | Private | 1920 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1914 | Design for a Concert Hall | | | | | |
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no3037 (microfilm reel 24) |
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