Harry Wilson Pye was born in London, England on 17 October 1869. He was articled to William Gillbee Scott (1857-1930) in 1887 and remained with him as his assistant until 1893. He qualified as an architect in 1894 and subsequently established a practice in London.
Drawings and plans of a house designed by him are illustrated in Designs for One Hundred Ideal £1,000 Houses. Being copies of the hundred best designs entered in the 1912 Daily Mail Architects' Competition (1912 p.85).
Pye was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1895.
His address was given as 5 Corona Road, Lee, London in 1895; 16 John Street, Bedford Row, London in 1910 and 1912; and 136 Bromley Road, Catford, London in 1911. He died on 17 June 1917