Basic Biographical Details Name: | Leslie Albert John Heywood | Designation: | | Born: | 10 June 1910 | Died: | Late 1982 | Bio Notes: | Leslie Albert John Heywood was born on 10 June 1910. It is not clear whether he had any direct Scottish connections or experience. He served his articles with Orphoot & Whiting in Bideford, Devon from June 1926 while studying part-time at the Art & Science Technical School there. In 1930 he was appointed assistant to Orphoot & Whiting, after six months in that position, in December the same year, he moved to Devon County Council as junior draughtsman, working under the County Architect Percy Morris. In 1931 he took a course under Sir Bannister Fletcher for the RIBA intermediate exam. His studies were interrupted by ill health between 1932 and 1936, although he continued to work and to have annual holidays - in Cardiff, Swansea and Bristol in 1933-4, and in Edinburgh and London in 1935-6. He had further private tuition in 1936, and re-joined Devon County Architect's Department in April 1936, working under H V C Hague. He passed the RIBA intermediate exam in November 1937, and passed the first part of the final exam in 1939 and the second part in July 1944. He was admitted ARIBA on 10 October 1945, his proposers being Hague, G E Kemeys Jenkins and Frank E Whiting. His nomination papers indicate that he was still at Devon County Architect's Department at that time, based in Exeter.
He retired in 1973 due to ill health. He was living in Yorkshire at that point.
He died in late 1982, his death being registered in Bradford between October and December of that year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Burleigh, Headon Gardens, Exeter, Devon, England | Private | 1945 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Horace V de Courcy Hague | 16 October 1945 | for Associateship | | Frank Edward Whiting | 16 October 1945 | for Associateship |
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no8524 (combined box 212) |
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