Basic Biographical Details Name: | (Miss) Frances Mary Marquis | Designation: | | Born: | 4 June 1920 | Died: | 31 July 1996 | Bio Notes: | (Miss) Frances Mary Marquis was born on 4 June 1920, the daughter of Edward Marquis, stockbroker, and his wife, Elsie Jean Anderson. She attended the diploma course at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College from November 1939 to June 1944. During that period, in August and September 1941 she carried out bomb damage surveys for Liverpool City Architect's Department and in April 1942 she was employed by the Scottish National Buildings Record to measure historic buildings in Edinburgh. She was admitted ARIBA in early 1945, her proposers being Alex Allan Foote, Between 1948 and 1952 she worked in partnership with Antony Curtiss Wolffe. Leslie Grahame Thomson and John Ross McKay. At that time she was living in Birkenhead, but her address in 1950 is given as Dick Place, Edinburgh, where she was sole partner in her own practice which she ran from her home. She died on 31 July 1996 at the Fairmile Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh. She never married. She was ARIAS and a member of the Edinburgh Chapter. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Lingmoor, Howbeck Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England | Private | 1945 * | | | | 8, Dick Place, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private/business(?) | Before 1950(?) | 1996 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | National Buildings Record (NBR) | April 1942 | April 1942 | | temporary work, in Edinburgh | | Wolffe & Marquis | 1948 | 1952 | Partner | |
RIBARIBA Proposals
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 | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Newsletter | November 1996 | v7, no9 | | Death notice |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no8438 (combined box 210) |
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