John Clifford Procter was born in Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, England on 9 July 1882 and attended Leeds University and Leeds School of Art. from 1899 to 1901 Between 1901 and 1904 he was articled to William Henry Thorp (1852-1944). From 1905 he worked as assistant to Paul Waterhouse (1861-1924). Procter qualified as an architect in 1907 and was awarded the Ashpitel Prize that year.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1907, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1938.
Procter served as a captain in the Army during World War One and in 1918 was awarded the Military Cross for valour. He subsequently returned to his work as an architect in Leeds.
A cottage in Langdale, Westmoreland designed by Procter is discussed in The £1,000 House by Randal Phillips (London: Country Life, 1928 pp.118-119).
His address was given as Rowangarth, Ben Rhydding, West Yorkshire in 1907; Cabinet Chambers, Basinghall Street, Leeds in 1914; and 62, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds in 1923 and 1926; and 40, Clarendon Road, Leeds in 1928. His address was given as 40 Clarendon Road, Leeds, Yorkshire in 1939. He died in Leeds, West Yorkshire on 20 August 1941
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Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Douglas, Janet. ‘Modernism in Yorkshire: The work of John Procter’. Twentieth Century Architecture no.12, 2015 pp.48-63
'Obituary'. The Architect & Building News vol. 167, 29 August 1941 p. 121
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 161, 5 September 1941 p. 217
Powers, Alan. Modern. The Modern Movement in Britain. London: Merrell, 29005