Howard, George Gerard

Person

Howard, George Gerard

George Gerard Howard was born on the 4th June 1896. He began working as an apprentice with Thomas Lennox Watson from September 1912 until January 1915. Howard attended evening classes in architecture at The Glasgow School of Art from 1913-1917. Whilst studying at the school, Howard's address was listed as 11 Rockdove Gardens, Tollcross Road, Glasgow. From January 1915 until March 1916, Howard worked as an apprentice at the practice of James Campbell Reid. Howard began serving in WW1 from March 1916 and was demobilised in January 1919. It unclear if Howard withdrew from practising as an architect immediately following the war or it is possible that he continued to work with Reid's firm. In November 1920, he began working as an assistant in the office of Crawley and Partners of Glasgow and London. Howard remained with the firm until March 1922 when he returned to study at The Glasgow School of Art full time from 1922 until 1924 and his address was listed as Westmost House Sandyhills Tollcross, Glasgow and during this time he passed the qualifying exam in London. Also in 1923, Howard was admitted ARIBA (Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects) with his proposers being Charles Gourlay, a professor of architecture at The Glasgow School of art, William John Blain and David Bateman Hutton. Howard's nomination papers list his business address as 'Glasgow School of Architecture'.

Sources

http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=207213

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