Burnet, Frank Russell

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Burnet, Frank Russell

Frank Russell Burnet was born on the 26th June 1891 in Kilmacolm to Frank Burnet, the prolific tenement architect of Glasgow and his wife Mary Russell McGregor. He was educated at Fettes College from 1906 to 1909 and subsequently at the Glasgow School of Art from 1910 to 1914, where he took evening classes in architecture. He was articled to his father's firm of Frank Burnet & Boston. He served as a Major in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery from 1916 to 1918. He commenced practice as a partner in his father's firm in 1919, and married Margaret Roxburgh Taylor in 1920. He was admitted ARIBA in 1921. He continued the practice under the same name after the deaths of Burnet and Boston in 1923 and 1937 respectively, taking James Bell into partnership in 1934. He was admitted FRIBA on 10 February 1948, his proposers being William McCrea, Alexander Nisbet Malcolm and James Steel Maitland. He was active in public life serving as Deacon of Masons in 1934-35. Burnet died on 31 May 1980 in Kilmacolm. He was a widower, having been married twice, first to Margaret Roxburgh Taylor, and second to Ethel Margaret Graham.

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Sources: the Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture by Peter J M McEwan; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

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