Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Alexander Lawrence McMullen | | Designation: | | | Born: | 2 September 1905 | | Died: | 11 July 1982 | | Bio Notes: | Alexander Lawrence McMullen was born on 2 September 1905, probably in Totnes, Devon, the son of Alexander Percy McMullen, Admiralty Director of education and his wife, Maud Ashwell. He studied at the University of Cambridge from 1924-27 and passed his intermediate (?) exam in December 1929. From 1927-28 he was working in the practice of Easton & Robertson and spent 6 months in the British School in Athens in the latter year with the aid of a Watson studentship and a grant from the Craven Fund. He returned after this as an assistant with Easton & Robertson and sat his final RIBA exam in 1931.
In 1948 at the time of his election as FRIBA his work address was in Bristol and he was living near Bath. His proposers were Howard Richardson, Eustace H Bolton and another (indecipherable).
He retired to Scotland and died on 11 July 1982. He married twice: first to Muriel Felicity Sykes and secondly to Elizabeth Budd. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 25, Berkley Square, Bristol, England | Business | 1948 * | | | | Garden Cottage, Bathampton, near Bath, Gloucestershire, England | Private | 1948 * | | | | Rockleys, Weem, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland | Private | 1973 | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Easton & Robertson | 1927 | 1931 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA Proposers| The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Eustace Bolton | 14 December 1948 | For Fellowship | | Howard Richardson | 14 December 1948 | For Fellowship |
ReferencesArchive References| The 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 | | F no 4407 (Combined box 12) |
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