Architects

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Thomas Newhall Duncan

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Architect

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19/09/1902

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23/06/1926

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1974

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Bio Notes :

Thomas Newhall Duncan was born on 19 September 1902 and was articled to Alexander Murray Hardie of Edinburgh in 1914. He completed his apprenticeship in 1924, having studied for five years at Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt College. He remained with Hardie for one year as junior assistant before moving to the office of Alan Keith Robertson, and left Robertson a year later to work as senior assistant to Frank Wood. In 1929 he emigrated to South Africa where he secured a position as senior assistant to Kallenbach, Kennedy & Furner in Johannesburg. Whilst there he passed the final exam at Witwatersrand University in November 1932, enabling him to be admitted ARIBA the following year, his proposers being Robert Howden, Sydney Charles Dowsett and another. He retained his membership of the Edinburgh Architectural Association until at least the late 1930s.

He became a member of the TPIA in 1933. About this time he left Kallenbach, Kennedy & Furner and set up in independent practice. He joined J A Moffat after J H Marvey's death in 1936 and took over the practice of Moffat & Harvey in 1939 on Moffat's retirement. He later was a partner in the practice Duncan Gill & Paterson which was based in Johannesberg.

Duncan resigned from the Institute of South African Architects in 1972. He died in 1974.

'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	Notes
6A George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private	Given as his address in RIBA Kalendars
21 Parktown Court Parktown Johannesburg South Africa	Private
603-605 Union Castle Building, Loveday Street Johannesburg South Africa	Private/business

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
603-605 Union Castle Building, Loveday Street Johannesburg South Africa	Private/business	1939

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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
Alexander Murray Hardie	201385	In year 1914	In year 1925	Apprentice	Presumably with the exception of war service
Alexander Murray Hardie	201385	In year 1925	In year 1926	Assistant
Alan Keith Robertson	202452	In year 1926	In year 1927	Assistant
Frank Wood	202931	In year 1927	In year 1929	Senior Assistant
Kallenbach, Kennedy & Furner	204995	In year 1929	After 1933	Senior Assistant

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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
Robert Howden	203665	Mid 1933s	for Associateship
Sydney Charles Dowsett	204919	Mid 1933s	for Associateship

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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			A no5154 (combined box 60)

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