John Duncan Tate


John Duncan Tate FRIBA was an architect primarily based in London from 1905 to 1930 partnership with James Edwin Forbes.

Architectural career

He was articled to James Edmeston and Edward Gabriel from 1898 to 1901, and then assistant to James Edwin Forbes in Birmingham. In 1902 he became assistant to C.E. MacPherson where he remained until 1905 when he established the partnership of Forbes and Tate in London with James Edwin Forbes.
He was nominated LRIBA in 1910 and FRIBA in 1915.

Personal life

He was born in 1880, the son of Frederick Tate and Alice Edith Duncan. He married Annie Stewart Holl, daughter of William Huet Holl of Assam and Retford, at St Margaret's Church, Lee on 22 June 1907 and they had one child, a daughter Phyllis Tate.
He died on 28 November 1930 at 16 St Andrews Mansions, Dorset Street, London, and left an estate valued at £2,970 7s 5d.

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