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Name:
Godfrey Pinkerton
Designation :
Architect
Date of Birth:
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Exact DOB:
04/04/1926
Year of Birth :
1858
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Date of Death:
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06/11/1937
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Bio Notes :
Godfrey Pinkerton was born in 1858 and was articled to H & H P Fry of Liverpool from 1875 to 1879, remaining as assistant and attending Liverpool School of Art. He moved to London in 1880 as assistant to H Saxon Snell, and commenced independent practice there four years later. He appears to have subsequently worked in the office of Mervyn Edmund Macartney before recommencing practice on his own account in 1897. He died on 11 June 1937.
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Additional Notes
Addresses
The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:
Private Addresses
Private Addresses2 classic
Address
Class
Date From Char
Date From Type
Date To Char
Date To Type
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Liverpool England
Private
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Business Addresses
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Address
Class
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Date From Type
Date To
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London England
Business
1880
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Employment and Training
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
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(Sir) Mervyn Edmund Macartney
201449
After 1880
Before 1897
Assistant
Henry Saxon Snell
201994
In year 1880
Before 1884
Assistant
H Saxon Snell & Son
100343
In year 1882
Before 1884
Assistant
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Employees or Pupils
The following individuals were employed or trained by this person (click on an item to view details):
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Date From
Date To
Position
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John Thomas Saunders
205282
In year 1902
In year 1904
Assistant
Assistant/clerk of works
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RIBA Proposals
This person proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
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Person
Date Proposed
Notes
Gilbert Francis Molyneux Ogilvy
1911/07/20
for Licentiateship
John Thomas Saunders
1912/06/12
for Licentiateship
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this person:
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Title
Date
Publisher
Part
Notes
British Architectural Library, RIBA
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914
2001
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this person:
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Periodical Name
Publisher
Date Circ
Edition
Notes
RIBA Journal
1937/06/26
v44
p849 - obituary
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