Architects

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Henry Makins Tait

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29/07/1877

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25/06/1926

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Henry Makins Tait was born on 29 July 1877 and was articled to James Stevenson & Son of Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1894 to 1898, during which period he studied at Berwick School of Art for the South Kensington exam. In 1899 he moved to Glasgow as draughtsman to James Thomson of Baird & Thomson, enabling him to study at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, probably as civil engineer as well as architect.

In 1901 Tait emigrated to Salisbury, Rhodesia where he served in the BSA Mounted Police. Between then and 1903 he spent some months working as a draughtsman in the Public Works Department in Salisbury. In the latter year he moved to Kimberley, South Africa to work in the office of the Borough Engineer, Thomas Callen, as a building inspector, draughtsman and chief assistant. Whilst in that office in 1910 and 1911 he took a correspondence course through Herbert Hodgson of Bradford to prepare himself for the RIBA final exam. He returned to Britain on sick leave in September 1911, applying for Licentiateship of the RIBA in the same month, and was admitted LRIBA on 8 January 1912, his proposers being Hodgson and James Ewing, a former colleague in Stevenson's office. His nomination papers state that he was hoping to take the final exam in the previous November; it has not yet been established whether he was successful, but he was due to set sail on his return voyage to South Africa on 18 January 1912.

'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
Redden Hall Kelso Roxburghshire Scotland	Private					on sick leave
30 Synagogue Street Kimberley South Africa	Private

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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
Public Works Department, Salisbury, Rhodesia	203901	After 1901	Before 1903	Draughtsman	For a few months only
James Stevenson & Son	205329	In year 1894	In year 1898	Apprentice
Baird & Thomson	100129	In year 1899	In year 1901	Draughtsman
Borough Engineer's Office, Kimberley	203902	In year 1903	After 1911	Chief Assistant	Working under Thomas Callen, Borough Engineer; began as building inspector and draughtsman before being promoted

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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 Ewing	203903	1912/01/08	for Licentiateship
Herbert Hodgson	203904	1912/01/08	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
Dumbarton Municipal Buildings	In year 1899	Dumbarton	Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Some details - as draughtsman to Baird & Thomson
Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Office	In year 1899		Glasgow	Scotland	As draughtsman to Baird & Thomson
Buildings for the Old Man's Friend Society	After 1899		Glasgow	Scotland	Additions and alterations - as draughtsman to Baird & Thomson
Clydesdale Bank	After 1899	Beith	Ayrshire	Scotland	As draughtsman to James Thomson
Clydesdale Bank	After 1899	Castle Douglas	Kirkcudbrightshire	Scotland	As draughtsman to James Thomson

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
www.artefacts.co.za	www.artefacts.co.za		Website of artefacts, for the recording of South African buildings		Accessed February 2017

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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 v22 no1763

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