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Name	Guilford Marsh Bell
Born	21 December, 1912 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	9 January, 1992 (aged 79) Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Education *	King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1925-1930) Central Technical College (Brisbane) (student, 1931-1936)
Occupation or Descriptor *	architect (1936-1936) Queensland, Australia architect (1939-1939) Overseas soldier (1942-1943) Federal, Australia air force officer (1943-1946) Federal, Australia architect (1946-1992) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1982)
Legacies *	Guilford Bell Scholarship (University of Queensland) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (fellow, 1962) National Gallery Society of Victoria (council member, 1971-1973) Opera Australia (board member, 1973-1986) National Gallery Society of Victoria (council member, 1980-1983) National Gallery Society of Victoria (council member, 1984-1985)
Workplaces *	Ansett Transport Industries Ltd (employee, 1939-1942) Guilford Bell and Graham Fisher (partner, 1983)

* Dates are approximate

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