Gillian Harrison
Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.
Also recorded as Edith Gillian Harrison · Gillian Cooke
Gillian Harrison
- Name
- Gillian Harrison
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1974
- Spouse
- Harry St John Harrison
- Awards
- Fellow RIBA
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Languages
- English
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Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.
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• Name — Gillian Harrison • Born — 1898 • Died — 1974 • Spouse — Harry St John Harrison • Children — Richard • Parents — Henry and Rose Cooke • Awards — Fellow RIBA • Practice — Associated architectural firm[s] Edith Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.
Early life and education
Early life and education
After Roedean School, she trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture from 1917 to 1922, where she was one of the first four female students.
Career
Career
In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The second woman elected FRIBA was Gertrude Leverkus. Harrison designed a house in Kent, England, called 'Red Willows' in 1933. The exact location of Red Willows is in Littlestone, Kent where Cooke and Harrison (architects) designed three other houses for clients: Oberlander, Glukstein, and Paton
Personal life
Personal life
In 1923, she married Harry St John Harrison, also an architect. Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison. They had one child, a son, Richard.
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1898
Gillian Harrison was born on 10 January 1898.
1974
Gillian Harrison died.
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- 1.Walker, Lynne. Golden Age or False Dawn? Women Architects in the Early 20th century. Historic England. 5.
- 2.Women as architects. Architectural Association Journal. March 1918.
- 3.Obituary. RIBAJournal. April 1975.
- 4.B, Lizzie. Gertrude Leverkus (1898-1989). Women Who Meant Business. 2022-09-29.
- 5.Walker, Lynne. Women architects: their work. Sorella Press. 21. 1984. 0950975400.
- 6.Pallas. The lady's who's who. 191. 1938.
- 7.The Royal Institute of British Architects. The R.I.B.A. kalendar 1933-1934. 94. 1933.
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Gillian Harrison is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation architect.
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