Architects

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Thomas Bowhill Gibson

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Architect

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03/01/1895

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27/09/1949

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Bio Notes :

Thomas Bowhill Gibson was born on 1 March 1895 and was articled to James Inch Morrison in 1913, attending morning and evening classes at the Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. He commenced war service in 1916 and on his demobilisation in 1919 found employment as an assistant to James Davidson Cairns, with whom he remained until January 1922 when he set up practice on his own account. In the following year he took temporary work in Alex Allan Foote's office, assisting 'on plans for W S Farmer's project, which came to nothing'. He applied for Licentiateship of the RIBA in January 1931 but for as yet unknown reasons was not admitted until 6 February 1939, his proposers being James Inch Morrison, Robert Stirling Reid and the then secretary of the Edinburgh Architectural Association, of which he was then Vice-President. His travels prior to that time appear to have been limited to Britain and had included study visits to Bolton Abbey, Coldingham Priory, Dunbar, Skipton, Newcastle and London.

By the time of his admittance as ARIBA, Gibson had entered into partnership with James William Laing as T Bowhill Gibson & Laing. Gibson specialised in cinema and theatre design, but also carried out some domestic work.

Laing continued the practice under the existing name at their offices at 36 Palmerston Place after Gibson's death on 27 September 1949 at his home Strath House, Avonbridge. Gibson was cremated at Warriston and survived by his widow Marjorie Ross.

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

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
53 St Alban's Road Edinburgh Scotland	Private
7 Tantallon Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private
Strath House Avonbridge Stirlingshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To	Notes
29 Queen Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	c. 1922	c. 1927
30 Rutland Square Edinburgh Scotland	Business	c. 1928	Before 1936
19 Manor Place Edinburgh Scotland	Business	Before 1936	1948	Builder 24 September 1948 p372
36 Palmerston Place Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1948		Builder 24 December 1948 p753

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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 Allan Foote	201197	1923/03	1932/04	Assistant	Temporary assistant, whilst continuing his own practice
James Inch Morrison	100081	In year 1913	In year 1916	Apprentice
James Davidson Cairns	200382	In year 1919	1922/01	Assistant
T Bowhill Gibson & Laing	205943	Mid 1930s	In year 1949	Partner

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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 William Laing	206893	1924/01	1929/01	Apprentice
John Ferguson Donaldson	100444	1927/06	1932/06	Apprentice
James William Laing	206893	1929/01	After 1933	Assistant
John Ferguson Donaldson	100444	1932/06	1933/09	Assistant
Eric Hutton Crosbee	206866	After 1935	Before 1937	Assistant	For six months
William Henry Sayers	201536	In year 1926	In year 1930	Senior Assistant
James Scott Johnston	403508	In year 1931	In year 1936	Apprentice
James Scott Johnston	403508	In year 1936	In year 1938	Assistant

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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
James Inch Morrison	100081	1939/02/06	for Licentiateship
Robert Stirling Reid	201272	1939/02/06	for Licentiateship

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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
Lambden House	In year 1920		Roxburghshire	Scotland	Alterations
Crieff Cottage Hospital	In year 1922	Crieff	Perthshire	Scotland	Additions or rebuilding?
Stud stables	After 1922	Lambden Estate	Berwickshire	Scotland
House for George M Cotton	After 1922	Fairmilehead	Edinburgh	Scotland
House for Captain Millar	After 1922	Barnton	Edinburgh	Scotland
Shops, Market Street	After 1922		Aberdeen	Scotland	Extensive alterations
Motor garage for William Duff	After 1922	Crieff	Perthshire	Scotland
Norwood	After 1922	Barnton	Edinburgh	Scotland
House at Kinnear Road	After 1922		Edinburgh	Scotland
House at Braid Farm Road	After 1922		Edinburgh	Scotland
New Houses and Flats	In year 1923
Cottage	In year 1923	Fairmilehead	Edinburgh	Scotland
Alterations to houses and tenements	In year 1924			Scotland
Gallachlaw	In year 1925	Fairmilehead	Edinburgh	Scotland
Two Double Villas. Afton Terrace	In year 1925		Edunburgh	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
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Johnston, W T	Artists of Scotland	2003	Officina Publications CDROM
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIBA Journal		1949/01	v57	p121 - obituary

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			L no4726 (combined box 5 but moved to Box 32 July 2008)

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