{{Short description|British architect}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox architect | name = Gillian Harrison | image = | image_size = <!-- if image is smaller than 250px --> | alt = | caption = Edith Gillian Cooke | birth_name = <!-- only use if different than name --> | birth_date = 1898<!-- {{Birth date|df=yes|1898|January|10}} (if dead) {{Birth date and age|df=yes|yyyy|mm|dd}} (known date) {{Birth year and age|df=yes|yyyy|mm}} (knownjanuary 10 month) {{Birth year and age|df=yes|yyyy}} (known year) For living people supply '''only''' the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. --> | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death year and age|1974|1898}} <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | alma_mater = | spouse = Harry St John Harrison | partner = | children = Richard | parents = Henry and Rose Cooke | awards = Fellow RIBA | practice = Associated architectural firm[s] | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Edith Gillian Harrison''' (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect.<ref name="Historic England">{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Lynne|title=Golden Age or False Dawn? Women Architects in the Early 20th century|page=5|url=http://content.historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/research/women-architects-early-20th-century.pdf|access-date=15 October 2015|publisher=Historic England}}</ref>
== Early life and education == After Roedean School, she trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture from 1917 to 1922, where she was one of the first four female students.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Women as architects|date = March 1918|journal = Architectural Association Journal}}</ref>
== Career == In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Obituary|date = April 1975|journal = RIBAJournal}}</ref> The second woman elected FRIBA was Gertrude Leverkus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=B |first=Lizzie |date=2022-09-29 |title=Gertrude Leverkus (1898-1989) |url=https://womenwhomeantbusiness.com/2022/09/29/gertrude-leverkus-1898-1989/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Women Who Meant Business |language=en}}</ref>
Harrison designed a house in Kent, England, called 'Red Willows' in 1933. The exact location of Red Willows is in Littlestone, Kent where Cooke and Harrison (architects) designed three other houses for clients: Oberlander, Glukstein, and Paton<ref>{{Cite book|title = Women architects: their work|last = Walker|first = Lynne|publisher = Sorella Press|year = 1984|isbn = 0950975400|pages = 21}}</ref>
== Personal life == In 1923, she married Harry St John Harrison, also an architect.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The lady's who's who|publisher = Pallas|year = 1938|pages = 191}}</ref> Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The R.I.B.A. kalendar 1933-1934|publisher = The Royal Institute of British Architects|year = 1933|pages = 94}}</ref> They had one child, a son, Richard.
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