Frank Burnet was born in Melrose in Roxburghshire. Scotland on 29 March 1846 and trained in the office of John Carrick (1819-1890), Glasgow City Architect from 1871 to 1878. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Glasgow in 1878. He was in partnership with William James Boston (1861-1937) as Frank Burnet & Boston from 1889 to 1901, and with James Carruthers (1872-1952) as Burnet, Boston & Carruthers from 1901 to c.1908. He then worked alone until 1919 when he formed a partnership with his son, Frank Russell Burnet (1891-1980).
Throughout his career as an architect Burnet had offices in Glasgow and lived in Renfrewshire, Scotland. He died in Earlston, Kilmacolm, Scotland on 6 February 1923.
St. Vincent Chambers, St. Vincent Place, Glasgow (1898); Castle Chambers, Renfield and West Regent Streets, Glasgow (1898); Castle Chambers, St. George's Road and Woodland Road Junction, Glasgow (1900); branch office and business premises for Royal Bank of Scotland in Glasgow (1900); Bakery for R A Peacock and Son, Glasgow (1903); Gordon Chambers, Mitchell Steet, Glasgow (1906); Royal Exchange Assurance Building, Glasgow (1911); and an extension to tramway offices in Bath Street, Glasgow (1914)
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For a list of Burnet's architectural works see also Dictionary of Scottish Arcjitects 1660-1980
Avery, Derek. Victorian and Edwardian Architecture. London: Chaucer Press, 2003
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001