John Frederick Dodd


John Frederick Dodd LRIBA was an architect based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

Architectural career

He was educated at Nottingham School of Art and University College, Nottingham where he achieved a First Class in Building Construction Elementary in the Government Science Examinations in 1891.
He was articled to John Sheldon in Long Eaton from 1887 to 1892 and remained as his assistant until he became assistant to Ernest Reginald Ridgway in 1893. He started an independent practice in 1899 in Prince Street, Long Eaton and was later based in Parr's Bank Buildings, Long Eaton.
He was appointed LRIBA in 1911.
In 1937 he entered into partnership with one of his employees, William Wilcox, and formed the company of Dodd and Wilcox.

Personal life

He was born in 1872 in Long Eaton, the son of John Edmund Dodd and Orelie.
He married Gertrude Ellen Booth on 23 Jun 1896 in Shardlow, Derbyshire. They had two children.
He died on 13 July 1939 at his home 2 Waverley Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire and left an estate valued at £4,361.

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