Basic Biographical Details Name: | Samuel Davidson | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Samuel Davidson was articled to Robert Rowand Anderson's firm of Rowand Anderson & Paul from April 1904 and studied at Edinburgh College of Art, where he received his diploma in architecture in 1910. He joined the Edinburgh Architectural Association in 1906. He remained with Anderson as junior draughtsman until April 1911, moving the following month to the firm of Sydney Mitchell & Wilson. He left for the office of Leadbetter Fairley & Reid in March 1913 and remained there until the outbreak of war in August 1914. During these early years he had made a number of short measuring and sketching tours in Scotland, York, Northampton, Cambridge, Lincoln and elsewhere in England.
He served in mainland Europe during the First World War and thereafter joined H M Office of Works in London. He passed the qualifying exam on 15 December 1920 and was admitted ARIBA early the following year, his proposers being Anderson, Maurice Everett Webb and Alexander Lorne Campbell. His application papers for admission give addresses in both London and Edinburgh, and his signature on his declaration of acceptance of Associateship of 7 March 1921 was witnessed by William Henry Jamieson of 4 Danube Street, Edinburgh, suggesting he may have returned to his native city by that time. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 35, Colville Terrace, Bayswater, London, England | Private | December 1920 * | | | | 8, Great King Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | December 1920 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 no3204 (microfilm reel 25) |
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