Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Docherty | Designation: | | Born: | 5 May 1909 | Died: | 28 August 1976 | Bio Notes: | James Docherty was born on 5 May 1909, the son of George Docherty, cloth lapper and his wife, Mary Carmichael. He was educated at St Mungo's Academy, Glasgow from 1924 to 1928. In the latter year he began a five-year apprenticeship in the Architect's Department of John McDonald (Contractors) Ltd, attending evening classes at Glasgow High School that year and at the Royal Technical College for the subsequent six years. He remained in the McDonald firm for three years after completing his apprenticeship, but moved in 1936 to the SCWS Architect's Department, at the same time commencing evening classes at Glasgow School of Architecture which he continued until 1940. Meanwhile, from 1938 to 1939 he worked as assistant to James Miller, and from the latter year he assisted in the practice of Watson, Salmond & Gray. He was still there when he passed the special final exam in July 1943 and was admitted ARIBA on 14 December that year, his proposers being William James Smith, Jack Coia and William McCrea. The private address given on his nomination papers is 652 Edinburgh Road, Glasgow; this remained his home for the rest of his life.
He resigned from the RIBA in 1973 or 1974. He died on 28 August 1976 at Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow. He never married. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 652, Edinburgh Road, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1943 | 1976 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no8278 (combined box 207) |
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