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Herbert Mayer Barker

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23/02/1877

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04/02/1942

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Herbert Mayer Barker was born in Aberdeen on 23 February 1877, son of Henry Martyn Barker, MA LLD. He was articled to Alexander Marshall Mackenzie from 1897 to 1901, studying at Gray's School of Art and reading Mechanics under David Reunet, and in the latter year he moved to Glasgow as assistant to Donald A Matheson, Engineer-in-Chief to the Caledonian Railway Company, continuing his studies at the Royal Technical College there. It is believed that he also studied at some point at Glasgow High School. He went to London in 1903 as assistant in the office of Niven & Wigglesworth, where he worked on several country houses among other projects, and subsequently spent a short time working for Walter Tapper before moving to British Columbia in 1908. There he spent two years carrying out survey works for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad in the upper reaches of the Skene River, and construction surveys at Prince Rupert. In 1910 he spent six months working for R J Macdonald of Vancouver as assistant before commencing practice there on his own account in December of the same year. He was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, his proposers being Henry Blackadder, Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth and David Barclay Niven. At that time he was still in Vancouver, working at 85 Hutchinson Building, 429 Pender Street and living at 'Zantua' in the north of the city, and had undertaken several projects in collaboration with A Campbell Hope as well as working independently. In the same year, he married Nora Marten, daughter of W T Marten.

He returned to Scotland in 1914 and presumably served in the war before returning to practice in 1919 as Housing Architect to the Scottish Board of Health. In 1921 he recommenced independent practice in Glasgow. He was a member of Council in the Scottish National Party in 1935, and was chairman of the Scottish National Club from 1937. He was elected FRIBA on 22 April 1941, his proposers being Colin Sinclair, Gavin Lennox and Joseph Weekes. At that time he was practising from 121 West Regent Street, Glasgow, his home being 'Kilrenny Cottage', Bearsden. He died on 2 April 1942 at 7 Duntocher Road, Bearsden of broncho-pneumonia.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
Zantua North Vancouver British Columbia Canada	Private
160 Hope Street Glasgow Scotland	Private
Kilrenny Cottage Bearsden Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
85 Hutchinson Building/429 Pender Street Vancouver British Columbia Canada	Business	1912
4 Terrace Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1919	1920
121 West Regent Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1935	1942

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
Alexander Marshall Mackenzie	100244	In year 1897	In year 1901	Apprentice
Caledonian Railway Company Architect's and Engineer's Department	200764	In year 1901	In year 1903	Assistant	Under Donald A Matheson, Engineer-in-Chief
Niven & Wigglesworth	100248	In year 1903	In year 1907	Assistant
(Sir) Walter John Tapper	204327	In year 1907	In year 1908	Assistant
Robert John Macdonald	204328	In year 1908	c. 1908/12	Assistant
Department of Health for Scotland (Scottish Board of Health; later Scottish Development Department)	202045	In year 1919	In year 1921	Architect	Housing Architect

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth	100246	1912/06/24	for Licentiateship
Henry Blackadder	201754	1912/06/24	for Licentiateship
David Barclay Niven	100247	1912/06/24	for Licentiateship
(Dr) Colin Sinclair	200065	1942/04/22	for Fellowship
Joseph Weekes	201497	1942/04/22	for Fellowship
Gavin Lennox	201916	1942/04/22	for Fellowship

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Greyfriars Church	In year 1901		Aberdeen	Scotland	As assistant to Alexander Marshall Mackenzie
Glasgow Central Station	In year 1901		Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant to Donald A Matheson in Caledonian Railway Company Engineer's Office
Wemyss Bay Railway Station	In year 1903	Wemyss Bay	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Station and pier - as assistant to Donald A Matheson in Caledonian Railway Company Engineer's Office
19-21 Hatton Garden	After 1903		London	England	As assistant to Niven & Wigglesworth
54 Harley Street	After 1903		London	England	As assistant to Niven & Wigglesworth
North Vancouver Masonic Association Lodge Rooms	After 1910	North Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
House for Mr W A Stone	After 1910	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
House for Patrick Philips	After 1910	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
Two houses and one apartment house for Messrs McLachlan & Goodwin	After 1910	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
House for Major A E Snyder	After 1910	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
House for Mr J E Macrae	After 1910	North Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
Houses for the McAlpine Construction Company	After 1910	North Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
House for Mr A H Scriven	After 1910	North Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
House for Mr T S Nye	After 1910	North Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada
King Street School	After 1910	North Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	Alterations

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
Who's Who in Architecture		1926
British Architectural Library, RIBA	Directory of British Architects 1834-1914	2001
Scottish Biographies		1938	E J Thurston (pub.)
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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Notes
RIBA Biographical Files	British Architectural Library, RIBA	100004
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005	L v23 no1845; F no3818 (box 29)
RIBA Drawings Collection	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	200010

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