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Gillian Harrison
Born 1898
Died 1974
Nationality British
Occupation Architect
Spouse(s) Harry St John Harrison
Children Richard
Parent(s) Henry and Rose Cooke
Awards Fellow RIBA
Practice Associated architectural firm[s]

Edith Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), née Cooke, was a British architect. 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.

In 1931 Harrison became the first woman Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. She 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 In 1923, she married Harry St John Harrison, also an architect. Together they formed a joint practice called Cooke & Harrison. They had one child, a son, Richard.

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