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ID: 500033495
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500033495

 

Record Type: Person
Thornton, Peter M. (Canadian architect, 1916-1996)

Note: Peter Thornton studied at the Architectural Association in London from 1933 to 1938, and moved to Vancouver in 1939. There he worked for C.B.K. Van Norman in 1939, and became a partner in Gardiner and Thornton in 1940. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941 to 1945. Upon returning in 1945, he became a partner in Gardiner Thornton and Partners, until 1954, when the firm became known as Gardiner Thornton Gathé and Associates. He remained there until 1970.

Names:
Thornton, Peter M. (preferred,V,index)
Peter M. Thornton (V,display)

Nationalities:
Canadian (preferred)
British Columbian

Roles:
architect (preferred)

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) (inhabited place)
Died:  Chilliwack (British Columbia, Canada) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   1939-1970  Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
employee of ....  Van Norman, Charles B. K.  in 1939
....................  (Canadian architect, 1906-1975) [500033504]
partner of ....  Gardiner, Frank G.  1940-1970
..................  (English architect, 1878-1966, active in Canada) [500033898]
partner of ....  Gathé, Asbjorn R.  1954-1966
..................  (Norwegian and Canadian architect, 1921-1994) [500033646]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Thornton, Peter M. (I)

Biographies:
(Canadian architect, 1916-1996) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Canadian architect, born Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), 1916; died Chilliwack (British Columbia, Canada), 1996; active London (England, United Kingdom), from 1933-1938 and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), from 1939) ..... [CCA]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Peter M. Thornton ........ [CCA]
...................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
Thornton, Peter M. ........ [CCA Preferred]
.....................................  Liscombe, New Spirit: Modern Architecture (1997) 205

Subject: ........ [CCA]
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Liscombe, New Spirit: Modern Architecture (1997) 205
 
Note:
English .......... [CCA]
.......... Liscombe, New Spirit: Modern Architecture (1997)
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