Godfrey Pinkerton (1858 – 1937) was a London-based

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Biography

Early life

Pinkerton was born at

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, son of metal broker George Pinkerton (1823 – 1899), son of the missionary and linguist Rev.

Robert Pinkerton Robert Pinkerton (born 1780 at Foulshiels near Selkirk, ScotlandBiographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (edited by Gerald H. Anderson) - died 7 April 1859 at Reigate, Surrey, England) was a Principal Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Soc ...

, DD- and Mary (née Easum; 1823-1868). His siblings included the poet and translator

Percy Edward Pinkerton Percy Edward Pinkerton (19 June 1855 – 31 August 1946) was an English translator and poet. His translations included two novels by Émile Zola and a Puccini libretto. Early life Pinkerton was born at Stamford Hill, Middlesex, the third child of ...

Career

He attended the

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and was articled to H & H P Fry of Liverpool from 1875 to 1879 and remained as assistant. He was assistant to

Henry Saxon Snell Henry Saxon Snell (4 April 1831 – 10 January 1904) was a noted architect who specialised in health facilities and designed many London hospitals and other public buildings. He was the author of two significant architectural books: ''Hospital Co ...

from 1880, and started his own practice in London from 1884. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institution of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1908 and operated from offices at 39 St Andrew's Square in Surbiton, then 10

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before the First World War, and then 2 Gray's Inn Sq, London, WC1.

Works

St Mary, Keble Street, Summerstown (geograph 2809384)

*St Mark’s Parish Hall, Balaclava Road, Surbiton, 1888-89 *

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, London, SW17. 1903

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*National Westminster Bank building at Pavilion Buildings,

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. 1905

*St Edith's Hall,

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. 1911.

*Kemsing War Memorial. 1921

Personal life

He died at

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, in 1937, and it appears that he never married.Census & Free BMD Records

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinkerton, Godfrey 1858 births 1937 deaths English architects People from Godstone Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects