BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Ralph Berrill

November 4 1880 - March 21 1955

Architectural Institute of British Columbia


Ralph Berrill was born in Birmingham, England. He trained as an architect in a number of offices, and also studied at the Birmingham School of Art from 1896 to 1900. He immigrated to Canada in 1908, living in Montreal for four years, then moved to Victoria in 1912.

He exhibited artwork and architectural drawings with the Island Arts and Crafts Society from 1913 to 1930.

He was registered as the 100th member of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, working with Percival Fox in Victoria.

He started work for the Dominion Housing Act Administration in Ottawa in 1937, where he lived and worked until his death in 1955.

B.C. Vital Statistics on-line provides no information about him, as he was born, married, and died outside of the province.


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References

THE ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HANDBOOK - 1928
      1928, published by AIBC, 90 pages
      Includes Register of Members, regulations, Architect's Act
      Also Index of Building Materials Handled by Wm.N. O'Neil Co. Ltd.

Island Arts and Crafts Society - List of Exhibitors

BUILDING THE WEST - Early Architects of British Columbia
      2003; Edited by Donald Luxton, numerous contributing authors and researchers
      Talonbooks, ISBN 0-88922-474-9
      560 pages, extensively illustrated in black and white, some colour
      Biographies of over 400 architects and firms; extensive bibliography
      Biography and photograph of Berrill on page 420, also additional references.

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