Architects

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John Galt

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Architect

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28/10/1878

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22/11/1964

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John Galt was born at 24 Langlands Road, Govan on 28 October 1878, the son of John Galt, master builder and his wife Elizabeth Kyle. He was articled to H & D Barclay in 1896, attending Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. He remained with the same firm after completing his apprenticeship, and was admitted LRIBA in 1910, his proposers being David Barclay, Robert William Horn and James Campbell Reid. In his proposer's statement, Barclay describes Galt as 'one of my leading assistants' and 'a draughtsman & architect of much ability'.

Galt is chiefly remembered as the executant architect for the North British Diesel Engine Works, the actual design being by Karl Bernardt who had worked with Peter Behrens on the AEG Factory in Berlin in 1908-09.

Galt worked in partnership with George Simpson Barr in Glasgow from 1924 until at least 1934 or 1935. He married Margaret McDonald Bryan Campbell and they had a daugher, also named Margaret.

John Galt died on 22 November 1964 at Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride.

'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
64 Langlands Road Govan Glasgow Scotland	Private
248 Langlands Road Govan Glasgow Scotland	Private
8 Ibroxholm Place Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
225 St Vincent Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1914 or 1915
59 Bath Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	Before 1924		After 1940

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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
H & D Barclay	200086	In year 1896	In year 1901	Apprentice
H & D Barclay	200086	In year 1901	After 1910	Assistant
Galt & Barr	201387	In year 1924	After 1934	Partner

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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
David Barclay	200064	In year 1910	for Licentiateship
Robert William Horn	201468	In year 1910	for Licentiateship
James Campbell Reid	202516	In year 1910	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
Police Station for the Burgh of Partick	After 1896	Partick	Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant to H & D Barclay
Warehouse and offices for St George's Co-operative Society Ltd	In year 1897		Glasgow?	Scotland	As assistant to H & D Barclay
Govan Combination Poorhouse and Asylum	In year 1899	Govan	Glasgow	Scotland	Additions - including extension to hospital block of McLachan and Children\'s Blocks - as assistant to H & D Barclay
Gartmore House	In year 1901		Perthshire	Scotland	Reconstruction - as assistant to H & D Barclay
Govan High School	In year 1901	Govan	Glasgow	Scotland	Extension - probably involved, as assistant to H & D Barclay
P & R Fleming's	In year 1902		Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant to H & D Barclay
Hillhead High School	In year 1904	Hillhead	Glasgow	Scotland	Additions - as assistant to H & D Barclay
Grange School	In year 1906	Bo'ness / Borrowstouness	West Lothian	Scotland	As assistant to H & D Barclay
Wilton Parish Church	In year 1907		Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant to H & D Barclay
Govan High School	In year 1907	Govan	Glasgow	Scotland	Oversaw extension - as assistant to H & D Barclay
Old Monkland School Board Higher Grade School	In year 1908	Coatbridge	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Oversaw project, as assistant to H & D Barclay
Battlefield East Church	In year 1911	Battlefield	Glasgow	Scotland	Plans accepted after consultation with Thomas Hamilton
North British Diesel Engine Works & Quayside Titan Crane	In year 1913	Scotstoun	Glasgow	Scotland	Executant architect (elevations provided by Karl Bernardt)
Garage and workshop for the West Motor Garage Co	In year 1914		Glasgow	Scotland
War Memorial	In year 1922	Blantyre	Lanarkshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
British Architectural Library, RIBA	Directory of British Architects 1834-1914	2001
Who's Who in Architecture		1914
Post Office Directories
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Builder		1952/07/18		p112

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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 v3 no199 (microfilm reel 30)
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Additional research by Iain Paterson

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