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Robert Alexander Bryden

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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
NationalityScottish
OccupationArchitect

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.

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]

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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