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David Duncan

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Architect

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29/05/1913

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24/10/1999

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David Duncan was born on 29 May 1913, the son of David Duncan, postman and his wife, __Johnstone. He was articled to the firm of Maclaren Soutar Salmond in Dundee from 1930 to 1933. In the latter year he won the Leverhulme Scholarship which enabled him to move to London to study at the Architectural Association Schools and to seek wider experience in various offices which have yet to be identified. He travelled in England in 1937 and in Holland, Germany and Denmark in summer 1938, researching agricultural planning.

He passed the qualifying exam in July 1938 and was admitted ARIBA on 9 January 1939, his proposers being Charles Geddes Soutar, Verner Owen Rees and Stephen Ernest Dykes Bower, respectively President and Honorary Secretary of the Architectural Association. By the time of his application for Associateship in November the previous year he had obtained a position in the Post Office Department of H M Office of Works, London.

He worked in Birmingham in the late 1940s, was living in Wigtownshire in the early 1950s, and by 1957 had joined the Department of Health in Edinburgh. He resigned his RIBA membership in 1976.

He died at home on 24 October 1999. He was survived by his wife, Annabelle Soutar Brown and one son who lived in Edinburgh and two daughters.

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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
79 Southam Road Hall Green Birmingham England	Private/business
Ballochjargon Dunragit Wigtownshire Scotland	Private
Kiloran/36 Cramond Road North Edinburgh Scotland	Private
45 Belgrave Road Edinburgh Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
79 Southam Road Hall Green Birmingham England	Private/business	Before 1946		After 1948

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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
Maclaren Soutar Salmond	200129	In year 1930	In year 1933	Apprentice
H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency)	201531	In year 1938			In Post Office Department, London office
Department of Health for Scotland (Scottish Board of Health; later Scottish Development Department)	202045	In year 1957

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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
Charles Geddes Soutar	202372	1939/01/09	for Associateship
Verner Owen Rees	204578	1939/01/09	for Associateship
Stephen Ernest Dykes Bower	400007	1939/01/09	for Associateship

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951	1950	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1957-1958	1957	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1946-1947	1946	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005	A no7008 (combined box 170)
Records of membership	RIAS, Rutland Square	201006
Death Register	H M Register House	100027

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