Fuller, James Franklin 1835 - 1925

James Franklin Fuller was born in Derryquin, County Kerry, Ireland on 16 August 1835. In 1850 he went to England where he worked for a year with the mechanical engineering firm Summers, Day and Baldock of Southampton. He was then articled to Frederick William Porter (1821-1901) in London. After leaving Porter he worked in the offices of several architects including William Burges (1827-1881) and Henry Dawson in London, Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) in Manchester and Matthew Ellison Hadfield (1867-1949) in Sheffield. In 1861 he returned to Co. Kerry and subsequently established a practice at 179 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin. He was Architect to the Church Representative Body, to Benchers of King's Inns, to St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, and to the National Board of Education, Ireland. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1872 and a Member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (MRIAI) in 1883. 

In addition to his work as an architect, Fuller was also a writer and the author of several novels. He died  at his house on Eglinton Road, Dublin, on 8 December 1924.