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Edwin Robertson was born in 1901 and attended The Glasgow School of Art between 1918 and 1921 and again for a final session between 1922 and 1923. Throughout this time he resided at North Craigpark in Dennistoun, east of Glasgow City Centre. His tuition was subsidised by the City Local Authority.

Robertson was an evening student of Architecture during his time at The School, which likely meant that he was on the certificate programme. This course was offered in affiliation with The Royal Technical College and involved an office apprenticeship through The Glasgow Institute of Architects. As such, Robertson's occupation is recorded as 'apprentice architect' throughout his studies. It is likely that Robertson was under the tutelage of Alexander McGibbon, the professor of Architecture in The School at this time, and also the instructor Edward G. Wylie.

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David Robertson was a student at the Glasgow School of Art c1914. He is listed in the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

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Christina (Cris) Ross Robertson was born in Ayr in 1893 to Sarah Marguerita Robertson and William Robertson, a journalist. She studied drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1911 to 1913. She served as a nurse in France during the First World War, and is listed on the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

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Barbara Robertson studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. She specialised in printmaking, mainly linocut, and animals and landscapes appear frequently in her work. She also produced book illustrations and designed a stained glass window for her local church in Inverarity.

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Andrew Robertson was born in 1868, and was articled to Thomas Dykes of Glasgow from 1882 to 1887, remaining for an additional year as junior draughtsman. He was then assistant to John Graham Peat and Duncan from 1888 until the following year, when he became assistant to Clarke & Bell & R A Bryden, progressing to the position of chief draughtsman in 1890. He travelled in Germany and Holland in 1891 and having passed the RIBA qualifying exam in 1893, was elected ARIBA on 5 June 1893, his proposers being Bryden, William Forrest Salmon and Thomas Lennox Watson. He left Clarke & Bell & R A Bryden in 1896 to commence practice on his own account, and around the turn of the century formed a brief partnership with Thomas Dykes. He returned to work with Robert Alexander Bryden after the latter had split from Clarke & Bell, some time between 1902 and 1906. In 1906 Robert Alexander Bryden died. On inheriting the practice his son Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden took Robertson into partnership. Robertson continued the practice under the same name after the younger Bryden's death in 1917. He was admitted FRIBA on 5 March 1923, his proposers being David Salmond, James Lochhead and William Brown Whitie. Joseph Boyd joined the partnership c. 1930, and continued the practice as Bryden Robertson & Boyd after Robertson's death in November 1932.

Alexander S. Robertson was born in 1901 and attended The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1918 to 1919. During this time, Robertson resided at 21 Partickhill Road, in Glasgow's West End. His tuition was subsidised by the City Local Authority.

Robertson was an evening student of Drawing and Painting and is recorded as being a clerk by occupation. It is likely that he was under the tutelage of Professors James M. Dunlop and James Gray, who were the evening school supervisors at this time.

It is possible that Robertson became known as 'Alex Robertson,' who was a watercolour painter active around 1957, also based in Glasgow's West End at Loanfoot Avenue. Alex Robertson exhibited the work 'Lister Burn, Lamlash' at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.

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The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture by Peter J. M. McEwan.

Alexander Fyffe Robertson was born on 3rd September 1888 at Burnside Cottage, Portsoy, Banffshire to Helen Isabella Robertson (nee Allan) and James Robertson, Chaplain to her Majesty's Forces. Prior to his service in the First World War, Robertson had become 2nd Lieutenant with the Scottish Horse. The 1st and 2nd Scottish Horse regiments were formed on the creation of the Territorial Force in April 1908. Robertson attended The Glasgow School of Art briefly in the 1913-14 session as a full time student of Architecture before serving in the First World War, achieving the rank of Captain. He survived the war but did not return to The Glasgow School of Art. A.F. Robertson is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Winifred Roberts was born in 1891 and attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1916 to 1918. Her address is listed as Anniesdale Avenue in Stepps, however it appears that Roberts took lodgings in the home of a Miss M. Spins at 10 Rosalyn Terrace during this time. Another student named Muriel Reid, who was possibly the mother of noted pianist Muriel More, was also a lodger of Miss Spins during this time. Roberts' tuition was subsidised by Lanark Local Authority.

Roberts was a student of Drawing and Painting during her time at The School and is recorded as being in attendance for five afternoons per week. She is recorded as studying in Room 25 for the academic year commencing in 1916, so it is likely she studied Anatomy and Modelling under Professor James Dunlop. For her second year, Roberts studied Watercolour under the tutelage of Miss Jessie R. Allan, who taught many of the female students at this time.

Roberts shares her name with the renowned British painter Winifred Nicholson (nee Roberts), however it is highly unlikely that they are the same person due to a discrepancy in birth dates and geographic location.

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Mary Catanach Roberts (date of birth unknown) attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1917. Her home address is listed as 'Abbeythime' in Dumbarton and her tuition was subsidised by Dumbarton Local Authority.

Roberts was a student of Design and Decorative Arts and chose to pursue her studies by afternoon. She studied Fashion Plate Drawing: This involved the depiction of styles of dress for commercial use through a printing process such as etching or lithograph, which was usually then coloured by hand. Roberts studied under the tutelage of Miss Norah Neilson Gray, R.S.W.

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Joseph Roberts was a student at The Glasgow School of Architecture, graduating in 1951.

Jill Roberts studied Textiles at GSA from 1976 and designed garments for the 1978 fashion show. She was awarded a maintenance scholarship for entry to St Martin's College of Art, in session 1978-79.

Source: GSA Annual Report 1979-80 GOV/1/10

Franklin Alfred James Roberts was born in Essex on the 8th of March 1897, one of four children of Alice Roberts (née Stockbridge) and Frank Roberts, who is noted to have worked as a superintendent of Singers Sewing Machine in Edinburgh in the 1891 census. The 1901 census shows that Franklin A J Roberts lived in Plymouth. Roberts attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1913 to 1914 as a full time student of drawing and painting and dropped out of the 1914 to 1915 session to join the war effort as a Private in the Scottish Rifles, 1st battalion. He is also recorded as a Lance Corporal of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). After the war, Roberts returned to GSA from 1920 to 1925 as a part time student of black and white drawing, etching and metalwork, whilst working as a clerk and manufacturing agent. His date of death is yet unknown. Roberts is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Jane Locky Ritchie was born in 1891 and attended The Glasgow School of Art between 1918 and 1920. Her place of residence at this time is listed as Annavilla, Saltcoats, in North Ayrshire. She was also enrolled for the 1914 to 1915 academic year, but a footnote confirms that she did not in fact attend that year.

Ritchie studied as an afternoon student during her time at The School. Her occupation is listed as 'art teacher,' which is possibly why she chose to only study part-time. She was a student of Design during her time at The School and is recorded as undertaking a subject shortened to 'China,' which may have been Pottery, Making and Decoration. In this case she would have been under the tutelage of Professors Ann MacBeth and James Gray.

Whether or not Ritchie continued to pursue her artistic ambitions is unknown.

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Helen Taylor Ritchie was born in 1892 and attended The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1915 to 1916. During this time her place of residence is listed as Colston, Bishopbriggs.

Ritchie was enrolled as a day student of Drawing and Painting. Although we do not know which specific subject she specialised in, it is possible she was under the tutelage of the renowned artists and tutors Maurice Greiffenhagen and R. Anning Bell.

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George Ritchie, who served in the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Gunner, is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour. There are two George Ritchie's in the School's records and it was not possible to find out which one the name on the Roll of Honour corresponds to. a) George Ritchie was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 7th May 1886, one of three children of Helen Ritchie and John Ritchie, a cabinet maker. Ritchie, listed as a wood carver in the 1901 census, attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1909 to 1915 as an evening student of drawing and painting taught by Mr Jackson (1909-1910, 1911-1912), life drawing (1912-1913), and bookbinding (1914-1915). b) George Ritchie was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire on 4th March 1894. A painter, Ritchie attended the GSA from 1914 to 1915 as an evening student of drawing and painting. Ritchie married Elizabeth Mary Buchanan in 1921 in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, and died in 1938.

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George Ritchie was born in 1894 and attended The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1914 to 1915. During this time he resided at Burndale Terrace, Kilmalcolm.

Ritchie's occupation is listed as 'painter' and he was enrolled as an evening student of Drawing and Painting, possibly under the tutelage of Professors James M. Dunlop and Allan D. Mainds. It is possible he is 'George I. Ritchie,' a watercolour painter who was particularly active during the period 1948 to 1952. George I. Ritchie exhibited with The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts with a selection of watercolours, including 'Old Buildings, St. Andrew's Harbour.'

Source: The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts by Roger Billcliffe.

Flora Ritchie was the cousin of the art critic Cordelia Oliver.

Born in Tobermory on Mull, Alexander Ritchie originally trained as a marine engineer, the first twenty years of his adult life took him across the world with the British India Steam Shipping Company. It was not until he was in his 40s in the mid-1890s that he decided to take a break and enrol at the Glasgow School of Art. It was at the School that he met his future wife, Euphemia Catherine Thomson (1862-1941) where their contemporaries included Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Jessie M King. Marrying in 1898, the Ritchies moved to the island of Iona and opened a shop and silversmithing workshop. Their business prospered and the couple became known for their "Iona Celtic Art" range, taking inspiration from Celtic culture and basing some of their designs on the carved stones found on Iona. Alongside souvenirs for visiting tourists, they produced a range of other works of art, some produced in factories in England using the Ritchies designs.

Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach was born in Illzach, in Alsace-Lorraine, France, the son of a Protestant pastor. By fifteen, he had moved to Paris to study music and art. He studied sculpture under Julius Hähnel in Dresden, and then worked in Paris in the studios of François Jouffroy and Alexander Falguière at the École des Beaux-Arts. After an unsuccessful period in Paris, he returned to Alsace in 1865, and continued as a musician. Ringel was twenty-three when Alsace-Lorraine was annexed to Germany as part of the settlement for the Prussian victory during the Franco-Prussian War. To assert his French heritage, Ringel added the name of his native Alsatian village, Illzach, to his surname. In 1877 he traveled to Italy, probably at his own expense. There he made sketches that demonstrate the deep impression that ancient and Renaissance art had on his work. Details from these drawings, such as classical forms and ornament, are directly reflected in his three-dimensional work. His later fascination with bizarre and fantastical Symbolist themes and iconography is often combined with classicizing details based on his early impressions in Italy. D'Illzach experimented with diverse forms and materials, from sculpture to jewelry. He is best known for his work in ceramics, glass, marble, and wax, in which he produced objects on both the miniature and the monumental scale. He was especially skilled at portraiture in polychrome wax, including portrait medallions of renowned personalities of the day, such as Sarah Bernhardt and Emile Zola.

Riley was born at Norwood, London, the daughter of a businessman. Her childhood was spent in Cornwall and Lincolnshire. She studied at Goldsmiths' College from 1949 to 1952, and at the Royal College of Art from 1952 to 1955. She began painting figure subjects in a semi-impressionist manner, then changed to pointillism around 1958, mainly producing landscapes. In 1960 she evolved a style in which she explored the dynamic potentialities of optical phenomena. These so-called 'Op-art' pieces, such as Fall, 1963 (Tate Gallery T00616), produce a disorienting physical effect on the eye. Riley taught children for two years before joining the Loughborough School of Art, where she initiated a basic design course in 1959. She then taught at Hornsey School of Art, and from 1962 at Croydon School of Art. She worked for the J. Walter Thompson Group advertising agency from 1960, but gave up teaching and advertising agency work in 1963-4. Group shows include Young Contemporaries, London, 1955; Diversion, South London Art Gallery 1958; an Arts Council Touring Exhibition, 1962; Tooth's Critics Choice Exhibition, selected by Edward Lucie-Smith, 1963; John Moores' Exhibition, Liverpool, 1963; The New Generation, Whitechapel Gallery 1964; Movement, Hanover Gallery, London, 1964; Painting and Sculpture of a Decade 1954-1964, Tate Gallery, 1964; and Op Art, touring Ireland in 1967. Her numerous European and American exhibitions include The Sixties Collection Revisited, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1978. Riley was awarded the AICA Critics Prize in 1963 and also that year a John Moores', Liverpool Open Section prize. In 1964 she was awarded a Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Travel bursary to the USA. In 1968 she won an International Painting Prize at the Venice Biennale. Her first solo exhibition was held at Gallery One in 1962 with a second solo show the following year. Other solo shows were held at Nottingham University, 1963; Richard Feigen Gallery, New York and Feigen Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, 1965; Museum of Modern Art, New York, with US tour, 1966; Venice Biennale, British Pavilion (with Phillip King), 1968; Hayward Gallery, London, 1971; National Gallery, Prague, 1971; Hayward Gallery and Kunsthalle Nuremberg, 1992; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 1995; and Waddington Galleries, London, 1996. In 1999, she exhibited at the Serpentine, followed by a show at Dia:Chelsea the following year and participation in SITE Santa Fe in 2001. Tate Britain organised a major retrospective of her work in 2003 and the National Gallery in London presented her exhibition entitled "Paintings and Related Work" between November 2010 and May 2011. Further retrospectives took place at the Daivd Zwirner Gallery and the De La Warr Pavilion in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Sources: Terry Riggs, Feb 1998 [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bridget-riley-1845, accessed 6 Aug 2015] Updated with information from Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Riley#Exhibitions, accessed 6 Aug 2015]

Kate Rieber (or Ribor) was born in 1899 and studied at The Glasgow School of Art between 1917 and 1918. Kate was a student of Design and was enrolled in the evening course, under the tutelage of Mr. A. Aston Nicholas, the professor for Design and Decorative Arts at the time.

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Robina H. W. Riddell was born in 1899. She attended The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1918 to 1919. During this time she resided at 42 Jedburgh Avenue, Rutherglen.

Riddell was enrolled as an evening student of Drawing and Painting during her time at The School. She may have been under the tutelage of Professor James M. Dunlop.

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Jen graduated with a first class BA (Hons) from De Montfort University in Design Craft in 2011, and completed a residency at Bishoplands from 2012 to 2013. Following that, she spent some time studying silver chasing with Rod Kelly on Shetland and won the Malcolm Appleby award. Jen has perfected the silversmithing technique of hand saw piercing. She uses the finest of saw blades to hand cut her designs. Her current work concentrates on making bespoke functional silverware of intricate city skylines and intriguing silhouettes of countryside scenes.
In 2015, on her visit to Sheffield for Maundy on Thursday, 2nd April 2015, the Queen was presented with a Hand Pierced tea Light holder made by Jen Ricketts. Commissioned by the Sheffield Assay Master, Ashley Carson, it was presented to the Queen by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield.

Studied at Edinburgh College of Art and exhibited with the Edinburgh Group from 1913. He was appointed Director of the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) from 1933–1943 and in later life became an accomplished portrait artist. In respect of his commitment to the school, Richmond was made Honorary President of the GSA in 1948–1949. He died in 1963.

Elizabeth Galbraith Richmond was born in 1894 and attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1916 to 1919. During this period she resided at 35 Port Dundas Road, just north of Glasgow City Centre. For her second year's tuition at The School, Richmond received a bursary of £3 from the City Local Authority.

Richmond was enrolled as an evening student of Drawing and Painting during her time at The School. Her occupation is recorded as 'post-woman,' which may be the reason she chose to pursue evening studies. Richmond was likely taught by the established professors Allan D. Mainds, James M. Dunlop and Susan F. Crawford.

Whether Richmond continued to pursue her artistic ambitions is unknown.

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Cathy Richmond graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a degree in Drawing & Painting, 1996. She received her MA in Barcelona. She exhibited widely in Britain and abroad and set up The Six Foot Gallery in Glasgow. She was also a part-time lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art.

Lindy Richardson studied at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1980s, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983. This was followed in 1985 by a Masters of Art at the Royal College of Art.
She has 30 years of teaching experience and is currently (July 2017) the Programme Director of Textiles at Edinburgh College of Arts. Richardson's research interests include, among others, historic embroidery and the Needlework Development Scheme.
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Eleanor Richardson was born in 1900 and was a student at The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1917 to 1918. During this time she resided in Dunbeg, Paisley, however a footnote also lists her home address as 'Russia.' The connection Richardson had with Russia is unknown.

During her time as a student, Richardson attended as an afternoon student for two days each week. Her subject was Drawing and Painting and she studied Watercolours under the tutelage of Miss Jessie R. Allan.

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Dorothy Maud Richardson was born in 1898 and attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1916 to 1919 and possibly also from 1919 to 1921. During this time, she resided in Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, to the north-east of Glasgow. Later she lived at 70 Monreith Road, close to Shawlands. Richardson's tuition throughout this period was subsidised by Lanark Local Authority.

During her three documented years at The School, Richardson attended as a day student of Drawing and Painting, with her occupation being recorded as 'art student.' Early in her academic career, she studied Watercolour under the tutelage of Miss Jessie R. Allan. Later in her studies, she undertook China Pottery, Anatomy and also Needlecraft, the latter subject being taught by the renowned embroideress and author, Miss Ann MacBeth.

Whether Richardson continued her artistic ambitions after her time at The Glasgow School of Art is unknown.

Jane Richards studied at The Glasgow School of Art between c1908-1910.

Clarice Rose Richards was born in 1899. Her address is recorded as Talgarth, Breconshire in Wales. Richards is recorded as having attended The Glasgow School of Art for three afternoons over one week only, during the academic year 1917 to 1918. With this information, we may surmise that she came to The School as part of an exchange, or short course.

During her brief time at The School Richards studied under the tutelage of Miss Jessie R. Allan, who taught Watercolours during this period. Whether Richards continued with her artistic ambitions later in life is unknown.

Stasia is a teacher using mixed media including silver, glass and needlework: storytelling through art. Geography is the dominant theme and her strong social commitment inspires most of the imagery. She has been awarded several prizes including the Paul Hamlyn Award and the Winston Churchill Travelling Award, 2008. BIOGRAPHY2005- Professional Award of Chartered Teacher, GTCS, Edinburgh.1995- PGD Support for Learning, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow1990- PGCE Art Teacher, Glasgow University.1984- PG Dip Art Therapy, St Albans.1982- BA Honours Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art

Callum Rice is a Glasgow based artist and filmmaker. Since graduating from The Glasgow School of Art in 2013 Callum has directed and produced a number of short films that intimately explore and depict social and personal histories and sites from across Glasgow and Scotland.

Zandra Rhodes was born in Chatham, Kent, UK in 1940 and introduced to the world of fashion by her mother, a fitter for the Paris fashion House of Worth and later a lecturer at Medway College of Art. Zandra studied at Medway College of Art, Kent, UK, and then at The Royal College of Art in London. Her major area of study was printed textile design. Her early textile designs were considered too outrageous by the traditional British manufacturers so she decided to make dresses from her own fabrics and pioneered the very special use of printed textiles as an intrinsic part of the garments she created. In 1967 she opened her first shop: The Fulham Road Clothes Shop in London with Sylvia Ayton. In 1969 she set up on her own and took her collection to New York where Diana Vreeland featured her garments in American Vogue, after which she started selling to Henri Bendel in NY, followed by Sakowitz, Neiman Marcus and Saks. In the UK, Zandra was given her own area in Fortnum and Mason, London. She was Designer of the Year in 1972 and in 1974 Royal Designer for Industry. In 1975 she founded her own shop off Bond Street London and boutique area in Marshall Fields, Chicago. Zandra's own lifestyle is as dramatic, glamorous and extrovert as her designs. With her bright pink hair, theatrical make-up and art jewellery, she has stamped her identity on the international world of fashion. She was one of the new wave of British designers who put London at the forefront of the international fashion scene in the 1970s. Her unique use of bold prints, fiercely feminine patterns and theatrical use of colour has given her garments a timeless quality that makes them unmistakably a Rhodes creation. In 1977 she pioneered the pink and black jersey collection with holes and beaded safety pins that earned her the name of "Princess of Punk". Her posters from this period have been a continuous inspiration for make-up artists and are collectors' items. She has designed for clients as diverse as Diana, Princess of Wales, Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor and Freddie Mercury of the rock group 'Queen'. She continues to clothe and design for the rich and famous around the world from royalty to rock stars including: HRH Princess Michael of Kent, Debbie Harry, Bianca Jagger, Kylie Minogue, Anastasia, Paris Hilton, Joan Rivers and the late Isabella Blow. Zandra's dresses are the ultimate dress-up dress. Helen Mirren, star of "The Queen" wore a Zandra Rhodes when she received her award from BAFTA and Sarah Jessica Parker dressed up in a Zandra for "Sex and the City". Her vintage pieces have long been collected by Tom Ford and Anna Sui and have been worn by Kelly Osborne, Ashley Olsen, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. Zandra Rhodes collections are sold in the top stores and boutiques around the world but her work does not just stop with dresses and printed textiles. It encompasses various exciting licences including jewellery, wrapping paper, china for Royal Doulton and furs for Pologeorgis in New York. She has also collaborated with MAC to produce a limited edition make-up range. Since 2000 Zandra's career has diversified into designing sets and costumes for the opera. She first worked for San Diego Opera, who invited her to do costumes for The Magic Flute. After The Magic Flute, she was asked to design both sets and costumes for Bizet's Pearl Fishers in 2004. This has toured around the USA and Canada, including San Francisco, New York, Washington National Opera and L'Opera de Montreal. Most recently, she worked with Houston Grand Opera on Egyptian-inspired designs for Verdi's 'Aida', which then showed at the English National Opera 2007 and encored in 2008. This same Aida was the opening and closing opera for San Francisco Grand Opera in 20011 and was performed in San Diego April of 2013. Additionally, Zandra has set up the Fashion and Textile Museum in London which was officially opened May 2003 by HRH Princess Michael of Kent. Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta designed the museum, which is in stunning pink and orange, and already has a preservation plaque. The museum is dedicated to showing the work of fashion and textile designers from the 1950s onwards. This museum has created several notable exhibitions: "My Favorite Dress", "The Little Black Dress", and Zandra's very own "Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles", which is a major monographic exhibition exploring the forty year career of the iconic British Designer herself. Since the original opening of this exhibition, "Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles" has been exhibited in several museums in cities across the world, including The Franz Meyer Museum in Mexico City, RMIT in Melbourne, Australia, Corso Como in Milan, the Mingei Museum in San Diego, and most recently the National Textile Museum of Kuala Lumpur Zandra was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1997 in recognition of her contribution to fashion and textiles and has nine Honorary Doctorates from Universities in both the UK and USA. In May 2010 she was installed as Chancellor of the University of the Creative Arts (UCA) at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, UK and now has been made a Dame in the Queen's latest Honours list.

Source: [http://www.zandrarhodes.com/about, accessed 6 Aug 2015]

Graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 1996.

Agnes Mitchell Revie was born in 1901 and attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1917 to 1919. During this time she resided at Elmbank, Bowling. Revie's tuition was sponsored by Dumbarton Local Authority throughout this period.

Revie was enrolled as an evening student of Drawing and Painting. Her occupation is recorded as 'Typist' which is perhaps why she chose to pursue her studies by evening. Her teacher for the academic year 1917 to 1918 is listed as a Miss Parker, however there is no further information on this particular teacher. During her second year at The School, Revie studied Life Drawing and may have been under the tutelage of the renowned artist and professor, Maurice Greiffenhagen.

Whether or not Revie continued to pursue her artistic ambitions is unknown.

John D Revel was born in Dundee in 1884. He studied at Dundee School of Art, becoming an Art Pupil Teacher. After qualifying as a teacher he taught for two years in Shipley, Yorkshire before becoming the Principal Teacher of architecture in Preston, Lancashire. In 1906 he gained an open Scholarship to the RCA and in 1911 left the College with a degree in architecture, a degree in painting and the award of a travelling Scholarship for painting. After a year abroad he was offered and took up the post of Headmaster at Chelsea School of Art. He also saw service in the First World War in Mesopotamia and India, becoming an official artist to the Expeditionary Force (water-colour paintings survive from this time). He specialised in portraiture and landscape. Revel was elected a member of the International Society of Painters, the Royal Portrait Society and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. In 1925 he took up the post of Director at Glasgow School of Art. Under his directorship the Extension Building (now the Assembly Hall) was built and the School saw an upsurge in student and social events, notably the development of the Student Representative Council, the growth of the Glasgow School of Art Dramatic Club and the birth of the Kinecraft Society. Revel kept up the tradition of teacher/headmaster/director by occasionally taking the architect's drawing class. The degree course in Architecture produced its first graduates during his time as director, quite a few of whom were women. He left the Art School in 1932 under unhappy circumstances, which are still unclear. One story is that he had a breakdown brought on by trauma from his wartime experiences. However it seems more likely that he made enemies on the Board of Governors, by opposing their opinions and policies. Revel returned to England, where he continued to paint and show work regularly in major exhibitions. He died in 1967.

William Lindsay Renwick was born at 32 Kelvin Drive, Glasgow, on the 6th of January 1889, the youngest of five children of Jane Renwick (née Lindsay), a teacher of English, and William Kirkwood Renwick, a mercantile clerk.

Raised in the family home at 12 Arlington Street, Glasgow, William was educated at the local Woodside School. He then went on to enrol at the University of Glasgow in October 1907 and graduated with First Class Honours in English in 1911. In 1912, he was awarded the George A. Clark Scholarship which allowed him to study French & Italian at the Sorbonne, Toulouse and the British School in Rome.

Upon the outbreak of war, William joined the tenth battalion of the Cameronians (The Royal Scottish Rifles) on 27th September 1914. He experienced trench warfare with this regiment & rose quickly in the ranks to become a Captain, serving at home and in France where his battalion took part in the Battle of Loos. After experiencing this particularly devastating attack, according to his entry on Glasgow University's Roll of Honour, he felt [i]'like a ghost, an old ghost, sceptical and disillusioned.'" [/i]Six months later, he was invalided and sent home for hospital treatment. Thereafter, he was only to undertake instructional duties.

On 11th October 1917, William wed his fellow Glasgow University graduate, Margaret Lang, at Eastwood Parish Church. Two years later, William returned to civilian life in 1919 and enrolled at Merton College at Oxford University where he completed a thesis on the renaissance poet, Edmund Spenser, and graduated with a B.Litt degree in 1920.

William then returned to Glasgow where he lectured for a short spell at Glasgow University; residing at 32 Keir Street, Pollokshields. It was during this period of 1920-21, that he enrolled for one year in evening classes at The Glasgow School of Art in order to learn bookbinding.

Following this, William moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to become Professor of English Literature at the University of Durham in 1921. He remained in this role for the next twenty-four years.

Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, William joined the Home Guard where he was made a commander. He also spent a year in China as a visiting Professor, lecturing with the British Council.

Following the end of the war in 1945, William was appointed Regis Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University. Moving to a new home in Edinburgh overlooking Arthur's Seat, he was to remain in this role until he retired in 1959.

He died in 1970, aged eighty-one, in an Edinburgh hospital.

Professor William Lindsay Renwick is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Sources: Ancestry.co.uk; Archives Hub: http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-80; Find My Past: http://www.findmypast.co.uk; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.; The University of Glasgow Story: http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=2885

Margaret Rennie was born in 1879 and was a student of The Glasgow School of Art from 1914 to 1916. During this time she resided at 54 Airlie Gardens, in Glasgow's West End. Rennie's tuition was subsidised by the City Local Authority.

Rennie was enrolled as an evening student of Metalwork during her time at The School. Her occupation is recorded as Teacher, which may be why she chose to pursue her studies by evening. The Metalwork course involved working with gold and silversmithing and fell under the Design department. It is likely that Rennie was under the tutelage of Professor P. Wylie Davidson.

James Shaw Rennie was born in Glasgow on the 8th of December 1883, one of seven children of Mary Rennie (nee Shaw) and Thomas Rennie a curator of art. Rennie attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1897 to 1902 as a part-time student of Drawing and Painting. His occupation during this time is listed as a designer and glass painter. He married Jennie Ritchie Ramsey Rennie on 27th December 1915, at which time he worked as an art tutor. During the First World War, Rennie served in the Motor Branch battalion of the Machine Gun Corps. He was killed in India during battle, his death certificate citing cause of death as a meningeal haemorrhage. Rennie is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Sources: the Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture by Peter J M McEwan; the Dictionary of Scottish Architects: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. Ancestry http://home.ancestry.co.uk/

Archibald Rennie was born in 1894 and studied at The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1918 to 1919. During this time Rennie resided at Ralston Terrace, Ibrox. His tuition was subsidised by the City Local Authority.

Rennie was enrolled as an evening student of Drawing and Painting during his time at The School. His occupation is recorded as 'Shift Engineer' which may be why he chose to undertake his studies by evening. Subjects he may have taken include Life Classes, Anatomy, Black and White (Printing) and Etching. He may have been under the tutelage of Professor James M. Dunlop.

Colin Renfrew studied Textiles at GSA from 1975 and designed garments for the 1978 fashion show. He was awarded a maintenance scholarship for entry to St Martin's College of Art, in session 1978-79.

He has worked with clothing companies and taught, and in 2005 became Dean of School at London College of Fashion. From 2011 he has been Director of the Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Sources: GSA Annual Report 1978-79 GOV/1/10; Manchester Metropolitan University Newsletter http://www.chsr.mmu.ac.uk/microbiology/docs/bbbc/126.pdf

Kathleen Reilly is a Scottish artist and metalworker. She graduated from The Glasgow School of Art Silversmithing & Jewellery department in 2015 and completed her Masters in Jewellery & Metal at the Royal College of Art in 2018. In 2019 she was awarded the Daiwa Scholarship by the Daiwa-Anglo Japanese Foundation, and in 2022 a Dezeen Award for Homeware design of the year.

She writes poetry, observing and absorbing fleeting moments and unconscious actions within her every day; key texts are chosen and abstracted to form tangible outcomes. Her work encompasses a broad range of technical and industrial processes, including, casting, mould making and die-cutting, focusing on the power of material and composition to shift entrenched understandings. Reilly reinvents the commonplace with elegant and often witty outcomes that carry ambiguous functions.

Collaborating with chefs internationally, she continues to provoke thought on the everyday and our rituals of the table. Creating functional work of a particularly experimental kind, she introduces users to new social experiences when dining. She has worked closely with Amsterdam based Steinbeisser on their experimental gastronomy events.

In addition to her artistic practice, Reilly works as a guest lecturer at various international institutions and on research and design projects for design and consultancy studios in Japan and the UK.

William Ross Reid was born on the 9th of February 1900 in Dennistoun, Glasgow. His mother was Christina Dewar Reid (née McLean ) and, his father William Reid a printer and compositor. Reid attended at The Glasgow School of Art from 1915 – 1920 taking classes in drawing and painting and life drawing as an evening student while working as a laboratory assistant and subsequently as a mechanic. He was awarded a Haldane bursary of £2 in his second year. Reid served at the end of WW1 entering into the Royal Navy Air Service on 30 March 1918, just before its merger with the Royal Flying Corps to form the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. His enlistment record notes a description of a young man of 5 foot 6 inches with brown hair, brown eyes and a fresh complexion. When WW1 broke out the Royal Naval Air Service, which formed on 1 July 1914, was equipped with 93 aircraft, 6 airships, 2 balloons and around 720 personnel. By the time Reid was enlisted towards the end of the war, the RNAS had expanded to around 55,000 personnel, about 3000 aircraft, 103 airships and 126 coastal stations. Reid married Elizabeth McCracken Brodie, a domestic servant, on 23 July 1926 in Glasgow. He continued to work as a laboratory mechanic and died aged 44 on 18 December 1944. William R. Reid is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Sources: Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ;discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk; http://search.findmypast.co.uk, ancestry.co.uk, https://en.wikipedia.org

William Girvan Reid was born in 1901 and attended The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1918 to 1919. During his time as a student, Reid resided at number 24 Prestwick Road, Ayr. His tuition was subsidised by Ayr Local Authority. He was also registered for the following academic year, however records show that he could not attend. The reasons for this are unknown.

During his time at the school, Reid attended as an afternoon student. His particular area of study is not specified, although we do know he attended on a Friday basis. Courses on offer on Friday afternoons included Modelling, Antique and Preparatory Life, Miniature Painting and Costume.

William Blackwood Reid was born in 1890 and resided at Willesdene in Barrhead during his time as a student. He is occasionally recorded in student registers under the nickname 'Willie B.' In 1906 he embarked on a prolific academic career at The Glasgow School of Art, where he studied evening classes in Drawing & Painting, Life Drawing, Modelling and Etching until 1915. He then returned to School for session 1920/21 for more evening classes in Drawing & Painting. His tutors are listed as Mr Wilson, Mr Gordon, Mr Law, Mr Keller and Miss Crawford. David Forrester Wilson was the instructor for Drawing and Painting at this time and also Ornament and Preparatory Antique. Reid's occupation throughout this period is listed as a marble carver, which may be the reason why he chose to study at The School by evening.

Reid continued to paint and carve after finishing his classes at the School and made his living from this. Many of the paintings in his house were done by him or people that he admired and he even taught his daughter to be an artist, a talent which she then passed on to her own son. At one time he worked with several other contractors to create new gargoyles for Westminster Abbey and was honored for this at a televised ceremony at the House of Lords.

William Reid was born in 1902 and attended The Glasgow School of Art for the academic year 1917 to 1918 and again from 1918 to 1919. During his time at the school Reid resided at 114 South Woodside Road, in Glasgow's West End. Given his young age we may surmise that this may have been his family home.

Reid's occupation for this period is recorded as 'apprentice litho artist.' As he undertook his studies by evening, this may indicate that he practiced lithography print work during the day. Reid's area of study at The School was Drawing and Painting. As an evening student, he may have been under the tutelage of Professor James M. Dunlop, who taught Anatomy and Professor Susan F. Crawford, who taught Etching. Whether or not Reid pursued his artistic ambitions following his time at the school is unknown.

Thomas Dunlop Reid was born on the 9th of October 1897, one of six children of Margaret and Andrew Reid, a bottle and coffee packer. He attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1914 to 1916 as a part-time student in drawing and painting. During the First World War, Reid served for three and a half years, in the Scottish Rifles and the Highland Light Infantry before being discharged due to tuberculosis and a gunshot wound to the head. He returned home to Glasgow in 1919 and worked as a drapery warehouseman. Reid married a coworker, Catherine Blackley in 1928 at age 30. Thomas Dunlop Reid is commemorated in The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Sources: Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.co.uk; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

Stuart Reid was a student at the Glasgow School of Art c1914. He is listed in the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

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