John Archibald Campbell was born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland on 26 January 1859 and was articled to John Burnet senior (1814-1901) in Glasgow from 1877 to 1880. He then attended the Atelier Pascal at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1880 to 1883 following which he returned to Burnet's office. In 1885 he won the Tite Prize and in 1886 was taken into partnership in Burnet's practice as Burnet, Son & Campbell. The partnership was dissolved in 1897. Campbell then practised alone until 1908 when he formed a partnership with his chief assistant, Alexander David Hislop (1876-1966) as Campbell & Hislop. The partnership was short-lived as Campbell died the following year.
Campbell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1906. He died in Edinburgh on 19 July 1909. Hislop continued the practice under the same name as sole practitioner until 1924
NOTE: this architect is sometimes confused with another British architect also called John Archibald Campbell (1878-1947)
Works by Campbell in independent practice included office building, 164-168, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, (1898); office building, 157-167, Hope Street, Glasgow (1902); Edinburgh Life Assurance Building, 124 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow (1904); 50 Argyle Street, Glasgow (1905); and Northern Insurance building, 84-94 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow (1908).
See also:
Burnet Son & Campbell for work by Campbell 1886-1897
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
Gomme, Andor Harvey and Walker, David. Architecture of Glasgow. London: Lund Humphries, 2nd, revised, edition, 1987
Gray, A. Stuart. Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1985
‘Obituary’. The Builder 31 July 1909 pp. 136-137
‘Obituary’. Royal Institute of British Architects Journal vol. 16, 1909 p. 703