Marcus Kenneth Glass was born in Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire [now Republic of Latvia] on 7 March 1887. He moved to England as a Jewish émigré c.1890 and settled in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, becoming a naturalized British citizen in 1900. After studying at Armstrong College, Newcastle, he practised as an architect in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England from 1914.
Glass was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1925.
His address was given as 20, Saville Row, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1926 and 1930. He died in Newcastle upon Tyne, England on 31 January 1932. His address at the time of his death was Ennerdale, Clayton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
A biographical file on Glass is available on request at the Enquiry Desk, at the Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Jesmond Synagogue in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1914-15); the Ryhope Road Synagogue in Sunderland (1928); Holland Road Synagogue in Hove, Sussex (1930); and the Federation Synagogue in Clapton, London (1932). He also designed commercial buildings and private houses in the North East of England and Scotland.
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
Kadish, Sharman. The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland: An Architectural and Social History. London: Yale University Press/Paul Mellon Centre, 2011
‘Obituary’. The Builder 19 February 1932 p.339
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 39, 2 April 1932 p. 440