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Robert Alexander Bryden

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.

Robert Alexander Bryden
Bryden towards the end of his life
Born7 July 1841
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died14 April 1906(1906-04-14) (aged 64)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
OccupationArchitect

Early life

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Bryden was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 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]

Career

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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]

Around 1875, Robert Alexander Bryden, with William Clarke (1809–1889) and George Bell (1814–1887) created the Clarke & Bell & R. A. Bryden, a major architectural firm based in Glasgow. The practice dissolved in 1902,[2] but several of their designs are now listed buildings.

Selected works

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Selected works include:[3]

Dunoon Burgh Hall

Personal life

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Bryden married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson. They had at least one child, a son named Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden (1876–1917), who also became a noted architect and a Fellow of RIBA.[9][1][10] For the final few years of his father's life, the two worked as partners.[1]

Death

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Bryden died in Glasgow in 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]

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