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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon BIRSLUP-MILLER, George James Born: ? Died: 1960 12 31 Architect Birslup-Miller was born in England where he was articled to JG Crisp from 1910 until 1913 in Cheltenham. He worked as an assistant to HB Langley in Epsom (1913-1914) and did war service from August 1914 until May 1919. After the war he worked as an assistant to AG Hayward, FRIBA, in London and in Southend-on-Sea, as assistant to VA Lawson in Cirencester and Stroud (1919-1926), as chief assistant to J Whalley in Bristol (August to December 1926). He came to South Africa in 1926 and became a senior lecturer and Head of the Department of Building at Cape Town Technical College from January 1927 where he appears to have worked for most of his career. He was a colonial Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (1930). He lived latterly at 23 Forest Drive, Pinelands in Cape Town. PASI; LRIBA 1925; ISAA 1951 (AB&E Aug 1933:5; ISAA mem list; LRIBA nom papers (1925) 2238) All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.