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ARIBA 1882; FRIBA 1904. Was an assistant to William Flockhart and later to James MacLaren in London where he met R WATSON, his future partner. He entered into partnership in London with Watson in 1890 (cf. DUNN & WATSON), the partnership lasting until Watson's death in 1916, a period of about twenty-five years; Dunn wrote an obituary of Watson which appeared in the RIBA Journal (19 Feb 1916:143, 144) and in The British Architect (25 Feb 1916:103-04). In 1919 Dunn left for Kenya, where he was appointed by the Government to serve on several committees dealing with public works. He also acted as Government assessor on some of Kenya's largest public buildings. Dunn died at his home at Naivisha. A note in an obituary stated that Dunn's 'hard-earned savings go to further the study of tropical medicine' (RIBA Jnl 1934). Dunn was among the first British architects to use reinforced concrete, and wrote textbooks on the technique. (Gray 1985:170-171; RIBA Jnl 24 Feb 1934: 418 obit; RIBA Jnl 10 Mar 1934:475)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. Books citing DUNN
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