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Barr, George
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George Simpson Barr was born on the 16th June 1891. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art in 1914, where he took evening classes in architecture. He married Margaret Brownlee on the 7th November 1923 in Greenock, at which time he was living in High Blantyre. The following year he was taken into partnership by John Galt and together they practised as Galt & Barr in Glasgow until around 1935. Barr died on the 29th January 1973 in Largs.
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Sources: the Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture by Peter J M McEwan; Dictionary of Scottish Architects: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
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