Hubert Thomas

Background

Hubert George Octavius Thomas was born in Aberystwyth, Wales in 1857.

Career

Thomas immigrated to Brisbane from Wales in 1883. Thomas practised as an architect in his own right from c.1885. From 1898 onwards he lived and practiced at Sandgate, where he served on the local School of Arts Committee.

On 1 March 1922, he attended the annual dinner of the society.

He was taken ill at the dinner and taken home where he died the following morning (2 March 1922). His death was two days before the was officially opened.

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under Central Committee-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).

Achievements

• Thomas was the founder of the Street David"s Society in Brisbane (extant by 1918), and was its President at the time of his death.

Membership

Specialising in urban villas, Thomas became a Member of the Society of Architects, London, in 1904, and a Fellow of the Queensland Institute of Architects c.1910.