Robert Alexander Bryden | |
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Born | 7 July 1841
Glasgow,
Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Died | 14 April 1906 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | (aged 64)
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | Architect |
Robert Alexander Bryden (7 July 1841 – 14 April 1906) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was mainly active in the west of Scotland, where he designed schools, churches and municipal buildings.
Bryden was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 7 July 1841, the son of Robert Bryden and Margaret Ramage. [1]
He was educated at Arthur's Academy in Dunoon, Argyll, and Kirkcaldy Grammar School. [1]
In the 1860s, he was an apprentice at Glasgow-based practice Clarke & Bell, of whom he became a partner around 1875. [1] [2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1878. [1]
Selected works include: [3]
Bryden married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson. They had at least one child, a son named Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden (21 October 1876 – 23 February 1917), who also became a noted architect and a Fellow of RIBA. [9] [1] [10] For the final few years of Bryden Sr.'s life, the two worked as partners. [1]
Bryden died in Glasgow on 14 April 1906, aged 64. [11] He is interred in Dunoon Cemetery, [1] [7] half a mile to the north of Dunoon Burgh Hall, one of his designs. He is believed to be the subject of the building's stained-glass window. [12]
Robert Alexander Bryden | |
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Born | 7 July 1841
Glasgow,
Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Died | 14 April 1906 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | (aged 64)
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | Architect |
Robert Alexander Bryden (7 July 1841 – 14 April 1906) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was mainly active in the west of Scotland, where he designed schools, churches and municipal buildings.
Bryden was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 7 July 1841, the son of Robert Bryden and Margaret Ramage. [1]
He was educated at Arthur's Academy in Dunoon, Argyll, and Kirkcaldy Grammar School. [1]
In the 1860s, he was an apprentice at Glasgow-based practice Clarke & Bell, of whom he became a partner around 1875. [1] [2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1878. [1]
Selected works include: [3]
Bryden married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson. They had at least one child, a son named Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden (21 October 1876 – 23 February 1917), who also became a noted architect and a Fellow of RIBA. [9] [1] [10] For the final few years of Bryden Sr.'s life, the two worked as partners. [1]
Bryden died in Glasgow on 14 April 1906, aged 64. [11] He is interred in Dunoon Cemetery, [1] [7] half a mile to the north of Dunoon Burgh Hall, one of his designs. He is believed to be the subject of the building's stained-glass window. [12]