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Hugh Scott (architect)
Hugh Jamieson Scott (1875–1930) was a Belfast-born architect who practised in Africa and Australia. Personal life Scott was born at Elgin Terrace, Limestone Road, Belfast in 1875 to Northern Irish parents who later settled in East Orange, New Jersey in the United States. His father, John Alexander Scott, who was a businessman in the linen trade, died there in 1882 when Hugh was just seven. With his mother and six siblings he returned to live in Belfast where he was educated at Methodist College. After completing his articles in Belfast and Liverpool, he moved to Southern Africa in 1896. Following his marriage in Johannesburg in 1906 to Madeleine Caldecott, he and his new wife sailed for Australia in late 1907. With their first daughter, who was born on the voyage, they settled in Armidale where Scott conducted a sole practice. In 1914 he moved to Sydney where he was employed until 1916. He and his family (now including three daughters) then moved to Brisbane where his last ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a Belfast metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish people, Scottish Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican establishment contributed to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798, and to the Acts of Union 1800, union with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
