biography
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| lived:
| (1784–1858)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied as a mason with his father, beginning independent practice in Edinburgh before 1817. In 1826 he was among the founders of the Royal Scottish Academy, and was a leading figure in the international Greek Revival. His Grecian designs include the Royal College of Physicians Hall (1844–5), Edinburgh. Cumston (Compstone) House, Kirkcudbright (1828), in a Tudor style, and a handful of Gothic church designs, demonstrate his versatility. As a prime mover of the Edinburgh Improvement Act (1827) to create the New Town, he designed the George IV and King's Bridges which followed. |
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