Edith Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a
British
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architect
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.
Early life and education
After
Roedean School
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, she trained at the
Architectural Association School of Architecture
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from 1917 to 1922, where she was one of the first four female students.
Career
In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
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. The second woman elected
FRIBA
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was
Gertrude Leverkus
Gertrude Leverkus (26 September 1898 – 8 November 1989) was a German-British architect.
Early life and education
Gertrude Wilhelmine Margaret Leverkus was born on 26 September 1898 in Oldenburg, Germany. She was the second of three daughters o ...
.
Harrison designed a house in Kent, England, called 'Red Willows' in 1933. The exact location of Red Willows is in Littlestone, Kent where Cooke and Harrison (architects) designed three other houses for clients: Oberlander, Glukstein, and Paton
Personal life
In 1923, she married Harry St John Harrison, also an architect. Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison.
They had one child, a son, Richard.
References
1898 births
1974 deaths
British women architects
20th-century British architects
Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
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