Hughes, T. Harold (Thomas Harold) (British architect)
Biography/Historical Note
He was born in 1887. In 1908 he gained a scholarship at the Royal College of Art. In 1910 he passed the qualifyng exam as architect and in the same year he was recruited to initiate a school of architecture in Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. Here he met Edith Burnett, who was one of his first students, and whom he married after the end of WWI. In 1922 he became Director of the Glasgow School of Architecture. In the early Twenties he gained a reputation as writer od architectural history and town planning. For the followinf two decades he performed both his activity as professor in Glasgow and as main architect of the Oxford colleges. He died in 1949.
Nationality:
English.
Education:
Studied Architecture at the Royal College of Art.
Role within the BSR:
Member of the Faculty of Architecture, 1923-1931.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Hughes, Thomas Harold, 1923 - 1931
Hughes, Thomas Harold, 1923 - 1931
Documents from this file include: invitation letter by Evelyn Shaw (BSR Honorary General Secretary) to join the Faculty of Architecture; letter of acceptance by Hughes; correspondence with Shaw about meetings (mostly apologies for not attendance) and reappointment to the Faculty.