Architects

Name:

William Milburn

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Architect

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05/08/1926

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1858

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20/03/1935

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Bio Notes :

William Milburn was the son of Captain William Milburn, a shipowner and shipping surveyor in Sunderland and his wife CAtherine Ridley. was born in 1858. He was articled to John Tillman of Sunderland and remained as assistant, studying at Sunderland School of Art. He commenced independent practice in Sunderland in 1879 at the early age of twenty-one, but appears from his nomination form to have taken what was probably a short career break to study at the South Kensington Schools in 1880. His brother Thomas Ridley Milburn, born three years later also entered the profession.

William merged his practice with that of his brother in 1897. He was elected FRIBA on 4 February 1904, his proposers being William Henry Knowles of Newcastle, John Gibson, also of Newcastle and Alfred William Stephens Cross of London.

In his private life he was an enthusiastic amateur photographer and became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. He was awarded the MBE for his work as recruitment officer in World War 1. Both Thomas Ridley Milburn and his brother William were brought up as Wesleyans but Thomas joined the Church of England's Bishopwearmouth congregation.

He died on 20 March 1935.

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

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
17-18 Fawcett Street Sunderland County Durham England	Business	1932

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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
W & T R Milburn	202007	1896 or 1897	c. 1931	Partner
John Tillman	202773	c. 1874	In year 1879	Apprentice

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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
Thomas Ruddiman Wood	1925/11/30	for Associateship
William Eric Dow	Late 1932s	for Associateship

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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
Union Mill	In year 1921	Montrose	Angus	Scotland	Conversion
Coliseum Theatre	In year 1922		Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations
Empire Palace Theatre	In year 1927		Edinburgh	Scotland	Rebuilding of Matcham's theatre
Empire Theatre	In year 1928		Glasgow	Scotland	Internal rebuilding of Matcham's theatre on larger scale and alterations to exterior

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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		1935/04/27	v42	p738 - obituary
Builder		1935/04/05	*	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
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Additional information from Graham Potts
Milburn Papers DT.TRM	Tyne & Weir Archive	200766

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