Mathias, Frederick David | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

MATHIAS, Frederick David (1913-1997), architect of Montreal, and a partner in the offices of Spence, Mathais & Burge (1938-41), and later in the partnership of Spence & Mathias (1946-50). Born in Montreal on 2 March 1913, he attended public and high schools there, and later moved to Boston, Mass. where he graduated from Massachusetts Inst. of Technology in 1936. He may have trained in the Montreal office of David J. Spence, and in 1938 he was invited by Spence to form a new partnership, with Thomas W. Burge. They remained active until 1941, but after WWII, their office was renamed Spence & Mathias, Architects from 1946 to 1950. After this date, Mathias practised under his own name, and later died in Montreal on 17 December 1997 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects, Toronto).