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Type of entity
Person
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Whittaker, Henry
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Description area
Dates of existence
1886-?
History
Henry Whittaker was born in Rio de Janeiro. Having articled with an architectural firm in Accrington, England, in 1905 he left to work as an architectural assistant with the Sudan Government. In 1913 he arrived in Canada and joined the B.C. Government as an architectural assistant. In 1915 he was promoted to the post of Chief Architect, a position he held until his retirement in 1949. In that capacity, he designed many government buildings, including Essondale hospital, Tranquille Sanatorium and the T.B. Hospital in Vancouver. Whittaker was also an avid collector of Middle Eastern stamps. He was President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia in 1936 and 1937.