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Robert Forbes Hutchison

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Architect

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30/12/1908

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26/03/1976

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Robert Forbes Hutchison was born on 30 December 1908, the son of Thomas Hutchison, aerated water manufacturer, and his wife Kristine Forbes Francis. He was articled to Walter Alison of Kirkcaldy in January 1925, studying at Edinburgh College of Architecture and Heriot-Watt College. He obtained a position as assistant architect to Fife County Council in July 1930, moving in December 1932 to Dundee City Architect's Department and at the beginning of 1936 to North Riding County Council. He was admitted ARIBA on 8 March 1937, Leslie Stuart Stanley, H O Corfiato and another (illegible) being his proposers. At the time of his election he would appear to have been working in the Education Department, Northallerton. In the same year he joined Nottingham Corporation Architect's Department as senior assistant, leaving after nine years to take up an appointment as Deputy City Architect to the City of Stoke-on-Trent Corporation.

In October 1948 he returned to Scotland as chief architect to the Regional Hospital Boards of Scotland (except the Western Regional Board), and he commenced independent practice in Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy in 1950 when he acquired the practice of his former employer Walter Alison on the latter's death. He continued to practise thereafter under the name of Walter Alison & Hutchison, his work principally consisting of school and hospital buildings. The practice name later changed to Alison Hutchison & Partners.

He was elected FRIBA in 1954, his proposers being John Holt, J Piggott and J A Pickavance. He was elected FRIAS that same year.

He died on 26 March 1976. His wife Betsy Amy Osborne had predeceased him. His death was registered by his nephew, Tom.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
c/o 3 Thirsk Terrace Northallerton Yorkshire England	Private
22 Learmonth Crescent Edinburgh Scotland	Private
59 Gamekeeper\'s Road Edinburgh Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From
6 Cambridge Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1950
Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland	Business	Late 1950
38 York Place Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1954
40 Drumsheugh Gardens Edinburgh Scotland	Business	Before 1964

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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
Walter Alison	100058	1925/01/12	1930/07	Apprentice
Fife County Council	201713	1930/07	1932/12	Assistant
Dundee City Architect's Department	202388	1932/12	1935/12	Assistant
North Riding Education Committee Architect's Department	205445	1936/01	In year 1937	Assistant
Alison & Hutchison & Partners	400256	Before 1961	After 1975	Partner
Nottingham Corporation Architect's Department	205446	In year 1937	In year 1946	Senior Assistant
City of Stoke-on-Trent Corporation Architect's Department	205447	In year 1946	In year 1948	Architect	Deputy City Architect
South East Regional Hospital Board, Architect's Department (or South Eastern Hospital Board)	400874	In year 1948	In year 1950	Chief Architect
Walter Alison & Hutchison	201644	Late 1950s	After 1954	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
Leslie Stuart Stanley	205444	1937/03/08	For Associateship
(Professor) H O Corfiato	404519	1937/03/08	For Associateship
John Holt	400936	1954/06	For Fellowship
Harry Horace Macdonald	402081	1970/07/22	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
James Lister	1956/04/10	For Licentiateship
Charles Ewan McEwan-Waghorn	1956/10/09	For Licentiateship
Gerald Francis Carroll	1968/12/04	For felowship
Prabhat Lakshaman (Lakshamanrao) Kaikini	1969/02/05	For Fellowship
George Gilroy Graham	1970/07/22	For Fellowship

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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
Calderhead Junior Secondary School, Shotts	In year 1875	Shotts	Lanarkshire	Scotland	New building added
Deaf and Dumb Institute	1900s	Langside	Glasgow	Scotland
Longmore Hospital Operating Theatre & X-Ray Unit, Salisbury Place	In year 1950		Edinburgh	Scotland	New surgical unit/operating theatre and x-ray unit
City Hospital, Rehabilitation and Recreation Centre (Ward 12)	In year 1950		Edinburgh	Scotland
Leith Poorhouse	In year 1951	Leith	Edinburgh	Scotland	Additions and alterations and modernisation of main kitchen block
Michael Nairn & Co Office Block and factory	In year 1951	Kirkcaldy	Fife	Scotland	Additions including new canteen
Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital	In year 1951		Edinburgh	Scotland	New stores
Whitburn Primary School	In year 1952	Whitburn	West Lothian	Scotland	named as senior partner
Infant School	In year 1952	Cardenden	Fife
Infant School	In year 1952	Burntisland	Fife	Scotland
Infant School	In year 1953	Auchterderran	Fife	Scotland
Western General Hospital, Teaching and Research block	In year 1953		Edinburgh	Scotland
Junior Secondary School	In year 1953	Bo\'ness / Borrowstouness	West Lothian	Scotland
Cameron House	In year 1953	Windygates	Fife	Scotland	New 30-bed pavilion and treatment block formerly TB Centre
St Mary's Roman Catholic School	In year 1954	Bo\'ness / Borrowstouness	West Lothian	Scotland	Original school building

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan	Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland	1994	Yale University Press: New Haven and London		p322, p380 Gazetteer 2: John Russell Court
Pride, Glen L	The Kingdom of Fife	1999	The Rutland Press	2nd Edition	p55
Municipal Annual	Scottish Municipal Annual	1964		1964-1965
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951	1950	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Builder		1950/12/1		p582
Builder		1953/02/06		p256

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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 no6335 (stored under F4883, combined box 42); F no4883 (combined box 42)
Records of membership	RIAS, Rutland Square	201006

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