Architects

Name:

John Murray Easton

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Architect

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08/08/1925

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1889

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1975/08c

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08/08/1925

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Bio Notes :

John Murray Easton was born in 1889 and articled to George Bennett Mitchell of Aberdeen in August 1905, studying at Robert Gordon's Technical College. In 1912 he spent six months in France before moving to London, where he attended classes at University College School of Architecture under Professor Simpson. Over the following two years, whilst pursuing his studies, he assisted in the office of Granville Edward Stewart Streatfeild, Collcutt & Hamp, Raymond Unwin, and Wimperis & Simpson. His FRIBA nomination papers show a gap in his career from 1914 to 1916, suggesting that he volunteered for war service but was invalided home, as in the latter year he returned to Wimperis & Simpson. He remained with them until 1919 when he commenced practice as a principal in partnership with Howard Morley Robertson at 168 Regent Street, London. He passed the qualifying exam in July 1921 and was admitted ARIBA later that year, his proposers being Edmund Walter Wimperis, William Begg Simpson and Horace Cowley Nesham Farquharson.

He served as architectural editor of 'Building News' in 1924 and 1925 and wrote many articles for this and other journals, including two on the Stockholm Town Hall in 1924 for 'Architectural Review' and 'Architecture'. He was elected FRIBA on 14 February 1927, his proposers being Stanley Hinge Hamp, Thomas Smith Tait and Robertson, with whom he was still in partnership, their office now being at 36 Bedford Square.

He died in 1975.

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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
37 Tavistock Square London England	Private
36 Bedford Square London England	Private/business

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
168 Regent Street London England	Business
36 Bedford Square London England	Private/business

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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
George Bennett Mitchell	202122	1905/08	In year 1911	Apprentice
Raymond Unwin	202225	After 1912	Before 1914	Assistant
Collcutt & Hamp	204354	After 1912	Before 1914	Assistant
Wimperis & Simpson	203711	After 1912	In year 1919	Assistant	With the exception of 1914-16, presumably spent on war service
Granville Edward Stewart Streatfeild	201743	In year 1912	Before 1914	Assistant
Easton & Robertson	204998	In year 1919	After 1926	Partner
Stanley Hall, Easton & Robertson	400020	In year 1936		Partner
Easton, Robertson, Preston & Partners	405778			Partner
Easton Robertson Cusdin Preston & Smith	405777			Partner

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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
William Begg Simpson	203694	Late 1921s	for Associateship
Horace Cowley Nesham Farquharson	205068	Late 1921s	for Associateship
Edmund Walter Wimperis	203707	Late 1921s	for Associateship
Thomas Smith Tait	200729	1927/02/14	for Fellowship
Stanley Hinge Hamp	203254	1927/02/14	for Fellowship
(Sir) Howard Morley Robertson	204577	1927/02/14	for Fellowship

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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
Betty Lydia Chetwynd Moira (nÃ©e Leech)	1935/03/11	For Associateship
Robert Gillespie Meldrum	1939/03/06	for Associateship
Ludovic Gordon Farquhar	1939/12/12	for Fellowship
Frederick William Meston	1943/02/16	for Licentiateship
Stuart Veitch Smith	1944/04/18	for Fellowship

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIBA Journal	1975	v82	p6
Architects Journal	1975/09/03	v162	p451
Building	1975/08/29	v229	p30

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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 no3304 (microfilm reel 26); F no2457 (box 7)

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