Basic Biographical Details Name: | Frank Campbell | Designation: | | Born: | 7 April 1921 | Died: | 1 December 2002 | Bio Notes: | Frank Campbell was born on 7 April 1921, the son of William Forbes Campbell, surveyor, and his wife, Elizabeth Denovan. In the late 1930s he began the Certificate Course in Architecture at the School of Art in Glasgow. His studies were interrpted by the Second World War. He returned to Glasgow and completed the course, being exempted from the final examination. His Nomination Paper states that he had a distinguished career as a student. He won the Bellahouston Scholarship which enabled him to spend five weeks in Italy in 1949. He was elected ARIBA that same year. At that time he gave his address as Kenilworth, Muirhead, Chryston, Lanarkshire.
By 1949 he had joined the practice of Boswell Mitchell 7 Johnston. He became a partner in 1959. He was elected FRIAS and FRIBA in 1964, proposed by Ninian Johnston, Eric William Hargreaves and Robert Scott Noble.
He retired in 1986. He died on 1 December 2002 at Rawyards Nusing Home, Airdrie which was his usual address. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth Muriel Marshall, who was a retired school teacher. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Mayfield, Lenzie Road, Stepps, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Private | c. 1948 | | | | 256, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1949 * | | | | Thornwood/23, Lenzie Road, Stepps, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Private | 1949 * | After 1965 | | | Kenilworth, Muirhead, Chryston, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Private(?) | 1950 * | After 1960 | | | 18, Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1970 * | After 1984 | Buiness address of Boswell Mitchell & Johnston | | 30, Blenheim Avenue, Stepps, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1994 * | | |
* 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 | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p142 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p29 Inverclyde Royal Hospital p41 Photograph of Woodside Area B p46 Pollokshaws CDA Unit 2 Photograph | | Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p228 Pollokshaws CDA Unit 2 | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1954 | RIBA Kalendar 1953-54 | | | | | RIBA | 1961 | Kalendar 1960-61 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1984 | RIBA Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1994 | A Directory of RIBA Members | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Interbuild | November 1961 | | | p36-9 Pollokshaws CDA Unit 2 | | Official Architecture and Planning | March 1958 | | | 126-9 Pollokshaws CDA Unit 2 | | RIAS Newsletter | 2003 | v14, no 5 | | Winter 2003 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | F no 5665 (Combined Box 93) |
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