| (b Birkenhead,
13 May 1851; d Northwood, Middx, 26 Dec 1928). English architect
and designer. He was educated at Birkenhead School and articled to the Liverpool
architect Walter Scott (?1811–75) in 1870. He moved to London with his family
in 1880 and was associated with William Eden Nesfield. By 1883 he was working
for Thomas Lewis Banks (c. 1842–1920) with whom he entered partnership
in 1884. He was practising on his own account in 1888 and in that year he
was elected a Fellow of the RIBA and a member of the Art Workers’ Guild:
he maintained ties with both throughout his career. He arranged Guild trips
to northern Europe and northern Italy, gathering information on mosaics
on which he lectured and wrote extensively.
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