John Murray Easton
Illustration — Loughton station building • Illustration — The RHS Lawrence Hall • Illustration — The New River Head Research Building John Murray Easton (30 January 1889 – 19 August 1975) was a Scottish architect and the winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
John Murray Easton
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- Born
- 1889 · Aberdeen.
- Died
- 1975 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- architect
- Honours
- Royal Gold Medal · Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Loughton station building • Illustration — The RHS Lawrence Hall • Illustration — The New River Head Research Building John Murray Easton (30 January 1889 – 19 August 1975) was a Scottish architect and the winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Early life
Easton was born in Edinburgh on 30 January 1889.
Career
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Easton was articled to George Mitchell of Aberdeen in 1905 and studied at Robert Gordon's Technical College. He spent time in France in 1912 after which he moved to London where he studied at University College School of Architecture. At the same time he was an assistant with Granville Edward Stewart Streatfeild, Collcutt & Hamp, Raymond Unwin, and Wimperis & Simpson. He may have served in the military between 1914 and 1916. In 1919 he went into partnership with Howard Morley Robertson at 168 Regent Street, London, and designed a number of buildings with Howard Robertson of that firm. He became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1921 and a fellow in 1927. Easton was the designer of Aberconway House at 38 South Street, Mayfair, London, and Loughton tube station, Essex, a grade II listed building. He also designed the Lawrence Hall of the Royal Horticultural Society, the British Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair, and the Research Building of the Metropolitan Water Board at New River Head (1938). He was the winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Easton died in London on 19 August 1975. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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1889
John Murray Easton born at Aberdeen.
1975
John Murray Easton died at London.
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- 1.vgl. die Grabstelle auf dem Kensal Green Cemetery in: Steve Reed: The Famous of Kensal Green. Blogbeitrag vom 17. Oktober 2012 (englisch).
- 2.. Website des Royal Institute of British Architects (PDF; 106 kB).
- 3.Académicien décédé: John Murray Easton.
- 4.vgl. die Liste der Projekte bei archINFORM.
- 5.Royal Horticultural Society New Hall. Historic England, Website des englischen Denkmalverzeichnis.
- 6.Josef Grünenfelder: Die ehemaligen Vogteien der Stadt Zug. Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK sowie der Schweizerischen Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften Kanton Zug, Zug 2006.
- 7.New River Head Research Building. Historic England.
- 8.Paths of Glory. The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery, London 1997, S. 39.
- 9.Loughton London Regional Transport Underground Station with Associated Shops and Platforms. Historic England.
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