Architects

Name:

William Edward Trent

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Architect

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08/02/1925

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1874

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1948

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Bio Notes :

William Edward Trent was born in 1874 and articled to Henry Poston of Lombard Street, London in 1892 and remained with him as assistant until 1905 when he commenced independent practice in London. During his time with Poston he attended the Architectural Association's evening classes. From 1909 he began specialising in cinema design, leading to his appointment first as salaried Chief Architect to Provincial Cinematograph Theatres and then as architect to the Gaumont British Picture Corporation which took over PCT in 1929. Prior to that date his son William Sydney Trent had joined the practice. Born in 1903 William Sydney had studied at the Architectural Association and received its diploma in 1923. When his father became a full-time employee of PCT William Sydney took over his private practice, retaining him as consultant. This arrangement lasted until 1932 when he joined Gaumont British to assist his father with the massive increase in work load following the introduction of 'talkie' films.

William Sydney predeceased his father dying in 1944; William Edward died in 1948. He never sought membership of the RIBA.

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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
123 Regent Street London England	Business					Offices of Gaumont British Picture Corporation

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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
Provincial Cinematograph Theatres Architect's Department (PCT)	207677	After 1909	In year 1929	Chief Architect
Henry Poston	203923	In year 1892	c. 1897	Apprentice
Gaumont British Picture Corporation Architect's Department	207678	In year 1929		Chief Architect
Henry Poston	203923	c. 1897	In year 1905	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
James Morrison	205226	1927/04	After 1928	Assistant
William Sydney Trent	203924	Before 1929	In year 1929	Assistant
Cecil Jack Foster	401317	In year 1926	In year 1929	Apprentice
Daniel MacKay (or McKay)	206269	In year 1929	In year 1944	Assistant	working in the Architect's Department of Gaumont British Picture Corporation

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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
Daniel MacKay (or McKay)	1945/04/10	for Licentiateship

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Notes
Earl and Sell	Guide to British Theatres, 1750-1950	2000	London
Gray, Richard	Cinemas in Britain	1996	London: Lund Humphries
Altwell, D	Cathedrals of the Movies	1980
Eyles, Allen and Skone, Keith	London's West End Cinemas	1991	Sutton, Surrey: Keystone Publications	Also 1984 edition
Eyles, Allen	Gaumont British Cinemas	1996

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