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Alexander Nisbet Malcolm

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06/10/1877

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11/04/1955

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Alexander Nisbet Malcolm was born on 6 October 1877 at Polmont and articled to Clarke & Bell in Glasgow from 1897 to 1902, studying at Glasgow School of Art (1897 to 1901). After completing his apprenticeship he made a three-week sketching tour in Belgium in July 1902 and returned to Clarke & Bell as assistant. He took three-and-half months off to tour the USA and Canada from May to August 1904, becoming principal assistant after his return. He finally left the firm, by then Clarke & Bell & J H Craigie, in April 1908 to commence independent practice at Charing Cross, Grangemouth.

He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. At that time he was working in partnership with an as yet unidentified Mr Robertson, and before that time he had written a paper on cities in Belgium and papers entitled 'Housing of the Working Classes' and 'Torphichen Priory'.

The partnership with Robertson was presumably dissolved prior to 1913, by which time Malcolm had moved his office to Vicar Chambers, Falkirk. He served in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. At the end of it he reopened his practice in Falkirk, and it is probably at this time that he entered into partnership with Thomas Mair Copland. The partnership was dissolved in 1921 when Malcolm was appointed architect to Stirlingshire Education Authority. From that appointment he gained that of Stirlingshire County Architect in 1932. He retired in 1943 but became a Vice-President of the RIAS and President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects in 1945-46. He was a member of the Edinburgh Architectural Association from 1907. He died on 11 April 1955.

'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
181 Stirling Road Glasgow Scotland	Private
c/o Campbell/86-100 North Frederick Street Glasgow Scotland	Private
Moranside Polmont Stirlingshire Scotland	Private
Millbar (or Milbar) Polmont Station Polmont Stirlingshire Scotland	Private
19 Miller Place Stirling Stirlingshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To	Notes
Charing Cross Grangemouth Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	1908	After 1911
Vicar Chambers Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	1914
76 High Street Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	1919	1921
Education Offices Spittal Street Stirling Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	1921	After 1940	as Architect to the Education Authority of the County of Stirling
Old Burgh Buildings King Street Stirling Stirlingshire Scotland	Business	Before 1929	After 1931

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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
Clarke & Bell	200134	1897/04/12	In year 1902	Apprentice
Clarke & Bell & J H Craigie	200293	1905/01/01	1908/04	Senior Assistant
Malcolm & Robertson (or Robertson & Malcolm)	202762	Before 1911	Before 1913	Partner	Listed as Robertson & Malcolm in Measurers\' Companion.
Clarke & Bell	200134	In year 1902	c. 1904/04	Assistant
Copland & Malcolm	203769	In year 1919	In year 1921	Partner
Stirling County Council Architects' Department	204160	In year 1921	In year 1932	Architect	Architect to the Education Authority of the County of Stirling
Stirling County Council Architects' Department	204160	In year 1932	In year 1943	Architect	Stirlingshire County Architect
Clarke & Bell	200134	c. 1904/09	1904/12/31	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
Robert Stuart Stephen Mackay	205879	1912/12		Apprentice
Archibald Thomson Caldwell	204159	1914/11	1916/02	Apprentice

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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 Bennie Wilson	201479	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects
Alexander Nisbet Paterson	200361	Late 1920s	for Fellowship
William Brown Whitie	202396	Late 1920s	for Fellowship
John Watson	203278	Late 1920s	for Fellowship

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

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Person	Date Proposed	Notes
George Bartholomew	Late 1929s	for Associateship
James Gavin Callander	1930/08/11	for Licentiateship
Archibald Thomson Caldwell	1930 or 1931	for Licentiateship
William Adam	Late 1931s	for Associateship
Jack Antonio Coia	1941/05/20	for Fellowship
Henry ('Harry') Wilson	1942/11/17	for Licentiateship
Henry ('Harry') Wilson	1943/06/15	for Fellowship
Thomas McGarrigle	1944/11/14	for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects
Cecil Harry Friston Nimmo	1944/11/14	for Licentiateship
James Symington Houston	1945/12/11	for Licentiateship
George Samson Tosh	1946/06/25	For Licentiateship
(Miss) Bessie McDowall	1946/06/25	For Associateship
Alexander Abercrombie Wilkie	1946/07/09	For Associateship
Arthur Hunter	1947/02/11	for Licentiateship
Frank Russell Burnet	1948/02/10	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
Weekly Mail Building	After 1895		Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant to Clarke & Bell
A & G Thomson's Warehouse	In year 1897		Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations to create restaurant - as apprentice to Clarke & Bell
City and County Buildings and second Merchants' House	In year 1897		Glasgow	Scotland	Reconstruction of former Council Chambers and Municipal Buildings on Ingram Street as Sheriff Courts - as apprentice/assistant to Clarke & Bell
North British Daily Mail Building	In year 1898		Glasgow	Scotland	As apprentice to Clarke & Bell
Port Glasgow improvement scheme	After 1898	Port Glasgow	Renfrewshire	Scotland	As assistant to Clarke & Bell
Glasgow Royal Infirmary	In year 1900		Glasgow	Scotland	Plans drawn up for report by Sir Henry Burdett and Dr D J Mackintosh (perhaps via Clarke & Bell?)
Wallacestone School	After 1908		Stirlingshire	Scotland
Shieldhill School	After 1908	Shieldhill	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Three villas	After 1908	Polmont	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Maddiston School	In year 1911	Maddiston	Stirlingshire	Scotland	Large extension
RC Church of St Anthony	After 1911	Polmont	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Co-operative Society Buildings	After 1911	Linlithgow	West Lothian	Scotland
Falkirk Burgh Housing Scheme	After 1911	Falkirk	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Terrace of houses	After 1911	Polmont	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Zetland School	In year 1912	Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
British Architectural Library, RIBA	Directory of British Architects 1834-1914	2001
Post Office Directories
Who's Who in Architecture		1923
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931	1930	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
Measurers\' Companion	The Scottish Architects\' and Measurers\' Companion	1911

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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		1955/09	*	Obituary p466
RIAS Quarterly		1955/05	1000	Obituary p54

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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 v19 no1446; F no1805 (microfilm reel 15)
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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