Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Phipps Turnbull | | Designation: | | | Born: | 1 November 1916 | | Died: | December 1997 | | Bio Notes: | Phipps Turnbull was born on 1 November 1916. He took the 5-year full-time architecture course at Edinburgh College of Art. The period October 1934 to June 1937 was spent at the College. From October 1938 to June 1939 he had a post as assistant to H V Ashley and F Winton Newman in London and from May to August of the latter year he worked as assistant to Wimperis Simpson & Guthrie also in London. He made various study tours in England and on the Continent around this time, in the Cotswolds, Sussex, France, Switzerland and Italy. In his Nomination Paper Turnbull does not specify where the years 1939-44 were spent but presumably he was working in some capacity for the war effort. From November 1944 to December 1945 he served with the Royal Engineers in Italy.
In June 1946 he was awarded his diploma, having been given exemption from the RIBA final exams. Around this time he had a post with the Department of Health for Scotland.
Turnbull retired at end of 1981 and resigned from the RIBA in 1982. By that time he was living in Devon. He died there in December 1997. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 3, Lennox Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1946 | | | | Lindenwood, Budleigh, Salterton, Devon, England | Private | c. 1981 | | |
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ReferencesArchive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no8846 (Combined Box 218) |
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