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Ferguson, James Donald
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James Donald Ferguson was born on 11 January 1888, the son of Glasgow and Cambuslang architect William Ferguson and his wife Mary Donald, and the younger brother of William Moncrieff Ferguson (generally known as 'Willie'). He was articled to his father from March 1910 to June 1913 and completed his apprenticeship in the office of Cullen, Lochhead & Brown from June 1913 to October 1915, subsequently moving to the office of shipbuilder William Beardmore. During this period he studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1912 to 1915 and from 1916 to 1919, first as an afternoon student of architecture and then as an evening student, while working as an architect's assistant. He took the Glasgow School of Architecture's Diploma Course from 1912 to 1918. He left Beardmore in July 1919 and from then until January 1922 he assisted in the office of Campbell & Hislop. He passed the qualifying exam in London on 15 October 1923, and was admitted ARIBA in 1924.
Sources: Dictionary of Scottish Architects and The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections
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