Thomas Johnston Beveridge [also known as T.J. Beveridge] was born in Edinburgh on 15 July 1888. From 1903 he was employed in the drawing office of Scott Morton & Co. in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also studied at the School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art from 1904 to 1909. He was awarded a National Art Survey Scholarship in 1908 and a travelling bursary in 1909. Until 1910 he worked as an assistant in the office of John Kinross (1855-1931). In the 1911 census he is described as a "designer of furniture".
Between 1910 and 1914 he travelled England researching material for his book 'English Renaissance Woodwork 1660-1730', published in 1921.
Beveridge commenced practice as an independent architect in Edinburgh in 1920. In 1924 he relocated his practice to Glasgow, and from 1928 to 1930 taught part-time at Glasgow School of Art. In c.1935 he formed a partnership with John Eadie Waddel Dallachy (1904-1995) as Beveridge & Dallachy. The partnership continued until Beveridge's death.
Beveridge was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1939 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1957. He died in Glasgow, Scotland on 25 July 1964.
For details of architectural projects by Thomas Johnston Beveridge from 1920 to 1963 see Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1660-1980 [link below]