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Percy Nobbs
Born
Percy Erskine Nobbs

(1875-08-11)August 11, 1875
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
DiedNovember 5, 1964(1964-11-05) (aged 89)
NationalityCanadian
Occupationarchitect

Percy Erskine Nobbs RCA (August 11, 1875 – November 5, 1964) was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, East Lothian, and trained in the United Kingdom. Educated at the Edinburgh Collegiate School and Edinburgh University, he spent most of his career in the Montreal area.[1] Often working in partnership with George Taylor Hyde, Nobbs designed a great many of what would become Montreal's heritage buildings and was a key Canadian proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement in architecture. He served as the director of McGill University's School of Architecture for ten years and designed many buildings on the campus as well as McGill's Coat of Arms, which continues to be used today.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The Architecture of Percy Erskine Nobbs". Canadian Architecture Collection. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "1900-1950 - McGill Faculty of Engineering History". McGill University. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Percy Erskine Nobbs". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

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