Architects

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Donald Alexander Fowler

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Architect

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15/09/1904

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17/06/1926

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1975

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Donald Alexander Fowler was born on 15 September 1904 and was articled to R Carruthers Ballantyne of Inverness in 1921, attending evening classes at Inverness Academy. He left the practice, which by then had become Carruthers Ballantyne & Taylor after William John Taylor had been taken into partnership, in 1925 to spend three years studying full-time at Aberdeen School of Architecture, but returned in June 1928 as draughtsman. That same summer he was awarded his Post-Diploma and passed the RIBA qualifying exam in Edinburgh. He was admitted ARIBA at the end of that year or the beginning of the next, his proposers being James Brown Nicol, Robert Gordon Wilson Junior and John Alexander Ogg Allan. Shortly thereafter he moved to Shanghai to join the Public Works Department there as an assistant.

He returned to Inverness in 1934 and entered into private practice, possibly working for an unspecified firm rather than on his own account. In January 1938 he became senior assistant to Harold Francis Hurcombe, and in 1943 commenced practice on his own account in Oxford as City Estates Surveyor and Architect to the Education Committee. He was elected FRIBA in 1950, proposed by H F Hurcombe, W A Eden and B R Foggett, by which time he was living and working at 22 Oakwell Mount, Roundhay, Leeds. He retired in 1969, and died six years later.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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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
108 Church Street Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland	Private
Shanghai China	Private/business
22 Oakwell Mount, Roundhay Leeds Yorkshire England	Private/business
Derwent House Wressle, Selby Yorkshire England	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
Shanghai China	Private/business	1929		1934
22 Oakwell Mount, Roundhay Leeds Yorkshire England	Private/business	1950

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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
Carruthers Ballantyne & Taylor (or Ballantyne & Taylor)	200494	1921/07	In year 1925	Apprentice
Carruthers Ballantyne & Taylor (or Ballantyne & Taylor)	200494	1928/06	In year 1929	Draughtsman
Robert Carruthers-Ballantyne (or Robert Ballantyne Carruthers; or Roy Carruthers Ballantyne)	100350	In year 1921	1921/07	Apprentice
Shanghai Public Works Department	204368	In year 1929	In year 1934	Assistant
Harold Francis Hurcombe	204369	In year 1938	In year 1943	Senior Assistant

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

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
James Wilson Mackintosh	403446	After 1932	In year 1936	Junior Assistant	nomination papers state \'D A Fowler & T Munro\'
James Wilson Mackintosh	403446	In year 1932	Before 1936	Apprentice	nomination papers state \'D A Fowler & T Munro\'

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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
John Alexander Ogg Allan	200016	Early 1928s	for Associateship
Robert Gordon Wilson (junior)	200928	Early 1928s	for Associateship
James Brown Nicol	203500	Early 1928s	for Associateship
Harold Francis Hurcombe	204369	1950/05/22	For Fellowship
W ___A____ Eden	404148	1950/05/22	For Fellowship
George Herbert Foggitt	204854	1950/05/22	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	Island	City or County	Country	Notes
Over and Above	In year 1936	Inverness		Inverness-shire	Scotland

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			A no4245 (stored with F4550, combined box 21); F4550 (combined box 21)
Galletly, James	School of Architecture, Garthdee, Aberdeen, RGIT: former pupils, 1937-1970	201325

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