# Gillian Harrison

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{{Short description|British architect}}
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| caption               = Edith Gillian Cooke
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| parents               = Henry and Rose Cooke
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'''Edith Gillian Harrison''' (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a [British](/source/British_people) [architect](/source/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](/source/Roedean_School), she trained at the [Architectural Association School of Architecture](/source/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](/source/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects).<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Obituary|date = April 1975|journal = RIBAJournal}}</ref> The second woman elected [FRIBA](/source/FRIBA) was [Gertrude Leverkus](/source/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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