Thomas Faulkner Shepheard [also known as T.F. Shepheard] was born in Pattishall, Northamptonshire, England, on 27 January 1875. After working in the office of Parnell & Sons, builders, from 1892 to 1894, he was articled to Henry Goldsmith (1856-?) in Manchester from 1894 to 1896. He then worked as an assistant to John Ely (1848-1915) from 1894 to 1896; to Harry Smith Fairhurst (1868?-1945) and J. H. France of Fairhurst & France; to John Henry Woodhouse (1847-1929) and Harry George Willoughby (1859-?) of Woodhouse & Willoughby; to Charles Henry Heathcote (1850-1938) from 1900 to 1902; and to Frank Gatley Briggs (1862-1921), Henry Vernon Wolstenholme (1863-1936) and Arnold Thornely (1870-1953) of Briggs, Wolstenholme & Thornely in Liverpool from 1902 to 1907.
He commenced independent practice as an architect in Liverpool in 1907 and was in partnership with Albert Egerton Lance Bower (1881-1967) as Shepheard & Bower from 1907 to 1952. He also worked with Edwin Dod in 1938 and 1946.
Shepheard was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1911 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1920.
His address was given as 10 Victoria Street, Liverpool in 1911; Royal Liver Building, Pier Head in 1914; Liberty Building, School Lane, Liverpool in 1923 and 1926; Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool in 1930 and 1935. He died in Cheshire on 28 March 1952.
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