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ID: 500033910
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500033910

 

Record Type: Person
Leithead, William G. (Canadian and English architect, 1920-1994)

Note: Leithead moved to Canada in 1929 and attended the Univeristy of Manitoba from 1938 to 1941. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers from 1941 to 1946 and received his B.Arch. from the University of Manitoba in 1948. He worked for McCarter and Nairne in 1949 and was a partner in the firm from 1952 until 1982. He became a Member of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia in 1950, and was the President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia from 1959 to 1960. Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1961, president Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1970-1971, Royal Canadian Academy.

Names:
Leithead, William G. (preferred,V,index)
William G. Leithead (V,display)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English
Canadian
British Columbian

Roles:
architect (preferred)

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Northallerton (England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   from 1929  Canada (North and Central America) (nation)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
partner of ....  McCarter, John Young  
..................  (Canadian architect, 1886-1981) [500041224]
partner of ....  Nairne, Ronald S.  
..................  (Canadian architect, 1923-1984) [500033923]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Leithead, William G. (I)

Biographies:
(Canadian and English architect, 1920-1994) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Canadian and English architect; born Northallerton (England, United Kingdom), 1920; died Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), 1994; active Canada, from 1929) ..... [CCA]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Leithead, William G. ........ [CCA Preferred]
.........................................  Liscombe, New Spirit: Modern Architecture (1997) 203
William G. Leithead ........ [CCA]
.......................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database

Subject: ........ [CCA, VP]
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Liscombe, New Spirit: Modern Architecture (1997) 203
 
Note:
English .......... [CCA, VP]
.......... Liscombe, New Spirit: Modern Architecture (1997)
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