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ID: 500033960
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500033960

 

Record Type: Person
Traquair, Ramsay (Scottish artist and architect, 1874-1952, active in Canada)

Note: Born 29 March 1874; died 26 August 1952. In 1891, Traquair began his apprenticeship in the architectural office of S.H. Capper, Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1904 to 1913, Traquair was a lecturer on architecture at the Royal College of Art, Edinburgh. Traquair worked as an architect in Edinburgh from 1905 to 1913. In 1913, Traquair moved to Montréal, Québec, to teach architecture at McGill University. In 1914, Traquair succeeded Percy Nobbs as the Macdonald Professor of Architecture. In 1915, Traquair founded the Architectural Association at McGill University, Montréal. From 1918 to 1933, Traquair exhibited photographs, watercolours, architectural drawings, and woodcuts at the Art Association of Montréal and at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts annual exhibitions. In 1939, Traquair retired from McGill University and was appointed Emeritus Professor of Architecture. He retired to Guysborough, Nova ScotiaM. Canadian architect, Montreal.

Names:
Traquair, Ramsay (preferred,V,index)
Ramsay Traquair (V,display)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)
Canadian

Roles:
artist (preferred)
architect
professor
photographer
painter
draftsman

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  Guysborough (Nova Scotia, Canada) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   1891-1913  Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
active:   1913-1939  Montreal (Québec province, Canada) (inhabited place)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Traquair, Ramsay (I)

Biographies:
(Scottish artist and architect, 1874-1952, active in Canada) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Canadian and Scottish architect, professor, photographer, painter and draughtsman; born Edinburgh (Scotland, United Kingdom), 1874; died Guysborough (Nova Scotia, Canada), 1952) ..... [CCA]
(Canadian architect, 1874-1952) ..... [AVERY]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Ramsay Traquair ........ [CCA]
................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
Traquair, Ramsay ........ [AVERY Preferred, CCA Preferred]
..................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)

Subject: ........ [AVERY, CCA, Gallery Systems, VP]
....................  BNQ
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Canadiana
....................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n88037443
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n88037443
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 10 June 2004
....................  Murray, Ramsay Traquair (1987)
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Traquair, Old Architecture of the Province of Québec (1925)
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CCA]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
.......... Murray, Ramsay Traquair (1987) 109-116
.......... Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
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