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Jeannie J Watson was born on the 19th of May 1899. She attended evening classes in drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1916 to 1919. She is listed as a Continuation Classes Student in the year 1916 to 1917. This involved submitting a portfolio in order to be considered for free evening class tuition the following year. In the year 1917 to 1918, she received the £3 Evening Education Board Bursary. She resided in both Langside and Newlands, and worked as a tracer.

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Graduated from the GSA in 2018 and undertook further studies at Bishoplands Educational Trust in Oxfordshire from 2019-2021.
Watson specialises in chasing and repousse work and many of her pieces take inspiration from nature, particularly birds and woodlands.

Margaret Watson attended evening classes in metalwork with The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1919. She resided at 1 Sellarne Road, Jordanhill.

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Margaret Barclay Watson was born on 17th of March 1896. She resided in 637 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow. She attended evening classes in drawing and painting from 1915 to 1916, and Saturday classes under Mr Gray from 1916 to 1917 in The Glasgow School of Art.

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Alan Watt was born in Melbourne and studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology for both his undergraduate (1962-65) and postgraduate (1973–74) awards. He was the Head of the Ceramics Workshop at the ANU School of Art from 1979 to 1998.
Watt is an important figure in Australian and international ceramics and has been artist-in-residence at a number of prestigious centres including the European Ceramic Work Centre, Heusden the Netherlands (1986); the International Ceramic Centre, Kecskemet, Hungary (1992); and the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland (1997). His work is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, most State Galleries, regional, institutional, corporate and private collections in Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. Watt has been exhibiting in group and solo exhibitions since 1972 and was the subject of a major survey exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery in 2003. In the late 1970s the artist moved to Tanja, on New South Wales’s far south coast.

Elizabeth Mary Watt was born on 14th February 1885 in Dundee, Scotland. Her parents were Elizabeth and Alexander L. Watt, a butcher. She had three brothers and one sister. Watt was educated at Morgan Academy and worked as a milliner in Dundee at the beginning of the 20th century, but had moved to Glasgow with her family by the middle of the decade after her father left for America. Elizabeth Mary Watt worked in Glasgow for woven fabric maker Joseph M. Sadler. He had his office at 205 Hope Street and became a drawing instructor from 1906 to 1908 in the Textile Class for commercial men, an evening course given conjointly by The Glasgow School of Art and The Glasgow Technical College.

In 1905 Watt enrolled as an evening student at The Glasgow School of Art, while working as a colourist. Watt continued studying at The Glasgow School of Art until 1917, with the exception of the session 1911/12. She studied Drawing and Painting, with instructors David F. Wilson and David N. Rollo, and Life Painting, with instructors Paul Artot, James Gray and Maurice Greiffenhagen. During her time at the school she stayed first at Firpark Terrace (Dennistoun), an address shared with her brothers Alfred, Harold and Alexander Watt, and then at Aberfoyle Street (Dennistoun). During session 1909/10, Elizabeth Mary Watt was awarded the Diploma in Drawing and Painting of The Glasgow School of Art, and also the Haldane Travelling Bursary for £40. With the bursary she visited Paris, Venice, Florence, Genoa, Milan and Rome. The same session year she was appointed as Honorary Secretary for The Glasgow School of Art Club. Watt also qualified as an art teacher during this period and from 1909 until 1911 at least, she worked at the Girls’ High School (Glasgow).

After leaving The Glasgow School of Art, Watt became a freelance artist and designer and is known today as one of the ‘Glasgow girls’. She painted landscapes, flowers and children, often in fantasy settings. She became well known as a pottery painter, and was described as a “china painter” by Nan Muirhead Moffat in her series of articles “Round the studios” about women artists at work that was published by The Herald (Glasgow) in 1939.

In 1919 Elizabeth Mary Watt became an artist member of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, and she exhibited there almost annually with Kate Wylie. In 1947 she won the Lauder Award, an award given by artist members to the best work of art exhibited each year, for her artwork at the Crafts Exhibition. She also exhibited several times at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, from 1922 until the year of her death, and at the Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh) in 1925 and 1930. The Scottish west coast was a favourite subject. For a time shared a studio with Hesse, sister of Benno Schotz, in whose autobiography "Bronze in my Blood" Watt makes a brief appearance. Watt died in Glasgow in 1954.

George Watt was born in Aberdeen in 1865, one of two children of Christina and William Watt, a commercial book keeper. He worked from 1879 with Matthews & Mackenzie architectural practice as an assistant. He then obtained a place in the office of Campbell Douglas & Sellars in Glasgow in 1885. Watt attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1885 to 1886 as a student of architecture. He returned to Aberdeen in 1887. He attended classes in building construction at Gray's School of Art from 1887-89. Watt was admitted FRIBA on 4 March 1907. Watt was married to Jean, a daughter of George Collie, a notable advocate in Aberdeen. During the First World War, Watt served as a private in the Highland Light Infantry regiment. Watt was Justice of Peace for the County of the City of Aberdeen and served as Vice President of the Aberdeen Society of Architects. He retired in or about 1928. He died on 18 December 1931. Watt 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.

There are two records for students named James Watt attending The Glasgow School of Art at the time of the First World War. On the Roll of Honour, James Watt is listed as part of the Cameron Highlanders battalion. (1) A James Edward Watt was born in Montrose on the 10th of April 1889, one of two children of Bella Watt, (née Eaddie) and William Watt, a hairdresser. Watt attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1909 to 1910 as a part time student of life drawing. Whilst studying, he also worked as a journalist. In the 1911 Wales Census, a James Watt who is noted to have been born in Montrose, was present as a soldier and gunner of the Royal Garrison Artillery in Wales. His age is recorded at 22 years old, matching James' date of birth so it is likely that he travelled to Wales after attending GSA. During the First World War, Watt served as a Captain in the British Army and Army Cyclist Corps. After the war, he continued to work as a journalist and married Mabel Heriot Lindsay Macpherson, a shop assistant, on the 18th of September 1920. He died on the 23rd of September 1953, in Inchture, aged 64, of causes unrelated to the war and is buried in Sleepyhillock Cemetery in Angus. (2) A James Simon Alexander Watt was born in Peterhead, Aberdeen on the 29th of September 1894 to Mary Ann Watt, (née Henderson) and John Watt, a journeyman painter. In the 1901 census, Watt is recorded to have had two younger siblings named Margaret Allardyce and Amelia Jane. Watt attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1921 to 1922 as a full time student of sign-writing, a practice involving the design and manufacture of advertisement signs. At this time his occupation is noted as a painter. Watt married Elsie Torkington Chadwick, a widowed weaver, on the 20th of January 1922. Watt's death was recorded in February 1996 in Canterbury, Kent. At this time, he was 101 years old. James Watt is commemorated on 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: Scotlandspeople.gov.uk; Lives of the First World War: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org

Molly Christie Watt was born on the 26th of April 1898. She attended evening classes in modelling, drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1916 to 1919. She resided in Shettleston and worked as a clerkess.

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William Robertson Watt was born in Aberdeen in 2nd January 1894, one of four children of Isabella Watt (née Rennie) and William Watt, an insurance agent. Watt attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1911 to 1913 as a student of architecture. During the First World War, Watt served in the Highland Light Infantry regiment. Watt held the post of Lanarkshire County Architect from 1942 to 1957. Watt married Mary Halley Irving in Kilmarnock in 1923. He died in 15th September 1963 at Carlisle Infirmary. Watt 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.

Zoe graduated from the University of Creative Arts in Rochester with a BA (Hons) in Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery Design and went on to spend a year at Bishopslands in 2010. She then moved to Sheffield to be part of the Yorkshire Artspace programme where she was mentored by Brett Payne, and has also studied in Shetland under the master Silversmith Rod Kelly. She is a QEST scholar.
Her work employs a range of traditional techniques including chasing, repousse and hand raising and has been recognised with many awards. In 2017 she set up her own studio in Chalford in the Cotswolds.

Annie Waugh attended evening classes in design under Miss Macbeth at The Glasgow School of Art from 1916 to 1917. She lived in 148 Paisley Road, West Glasgow and worked as a school teacher.

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Jane L. Waugh was born on the 14th of October 1901. She attended evening classes in drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1919. She was scheduled to attend classes in the year 1917 to 1918 but is recorded as withdrawn. She resided in Broomhill and worked as a clerkess.

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Alfred Alexander Webster was born in Pollokshields on 19 December 1883 to Ann Jane Webster (née McCall) and George Webster, a shipbroker. He was educated at Albert Road Academy, Pollokshields, after which he joined his father's firm as a shipbroker's clerk. In June 1902 he married Maude Caroline Murdoch Cochrane, and the following year he enrolled as an evening student at The Glasgow School of Art. From 1903/04 to 1904/05, and again in 1906/07, he studied variously architecture, modelling (sculpture), drawing and painting, and stained glass under Stephen Adam Junior. In 1904 he left his position in his father's firm to work at the Stephen Adam studio, where he worked on church commissions including the Lansdowne Church in the West End of Glasgow. He became a partner in 1909, and after the death of Adam in 1910, continued as sole partner of the company until he enlisted in the 3rd (reserve) battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in February 1915. In March he received his commission of 2nd lieutenant, and in June was sent to the Ypres salient on the Western Front. Two months later he was wounded while on patrol, and died at Étaples on August 24th 1915. After his death, Stephen Adam & Co was transferred to his wife Maud, who continued to run the business until selling it in 1930 to her son George Gordon McWhirter Webster, who followed in his father's footsteps to become a highly-regarded stained glass designer. Alfred Alexander Webster is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour. An erstwhile member of the University of Glasgow Officers Training Corps, he also features on the University of Glasgow's WW1 Roll of Honour.

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Sources: The University of Glasgow Story: http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=2950; 'Alfred Webster's great legacy at Lansdowne Church': http://www.westendreport.com/alfred-websters-great-legacy-lansdowne-church; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

Andrew M. R. Webster was born on the 30th of October 1902. He attended evening classes in drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1919. He resided at 5 Newton Terrace and worked as a clerk.

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Chris Webster studied Design and Visual Communications at GSA, graduating in 1980. Chris filmed the 1978 fashion show. He was awarded a maintenance scholarship for a further four terms at Glasgow in session 1978-79.
Chris is a freelance television producer and director, and has been based in the Middle East since 2013.

William M. Webster was born on the 21st of March 1893. It has not been possible to trace his birth certificate but it may be that his parents were William M. Webster, a brush salesman and Isabella Webster, and that he lived with his parents and younger brother, Hugh, in Byres Road in 1901. Webster spent a limited time at The Glasgow School of Art, taking an evening class in drawing and painting in the 1914 -15 session whilst working as a timber salesman. However, he did not complete the year and left to enlist with the army. He served with the Royal Engineers and survived the hostilities but did not return to The Glasgow School of Art. William M. Webster is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World Roll of Honour.

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Sources: Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Margaret Evelyn Weir was born in England on 23rd July 1892. She was the daughter of Mary G. Weir and William Weir, a draughtsman marine engineer. In 1909 she first enrolled as a student at The Glasgow School of Art, where she would continue studying Drawing and Painting every year until 1916. Some of her teachers include instructor Alex. L. Jackson, in Preparatory Antique: Ornament and Preparatory Painting class; assistant professor James Huck, in Antique and Preparatory Life class; and professor W.E.F. Britten, in Figure and Landscape Composition class. During her time at the School of Art she was living with her family at 91 Fotheringay Road (Maxwell Park), and then at 190 Nithsdale Road (Pollokshields). Her sister, Cecilia Mary Weir, was also a student of The Glasgow School of Art for the session 1919/20, studying Design during that year.

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Mary Bonthron Weir was born in 1895 in Fife, Scotland. Her parents were Janet (née Bonthron) and John Weir, a blacksmith. Mary was the youngest of four brothers and four sisters. She was a day student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1914 to 1917, studying Design and Drawing & Painting. During her time as a student she stayed at different locations in Lanarkshire, but she listed her original address as Dollar, Clackmannanshire.

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Robertson Weir was born on 18th November 1888, one of 5 children (Catherine, Isabella, William and Christina) of Isabella (née Munro) and Robert, a designer. Weir attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1907 to 1914 as a student of drawing and painting, and life drawing, taught by Maurice Grieffenhagen. After completing his studies at The Glasgow School of Art was offered a scholarship to study art in Paris, however because of the war he was unable to go. During the First World War, Weir served in the 5th Scottish Rifles in which he received the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. After the war he gained a teaching diploma, teaching at several schools including the Albert Secondary School, Springburn where he was Principal of Art. In 1930 he married Mabel Gertrude. He exhibited work every year at Eastwood's Civic Art Exhibition, until his final exhibition at the age of 101, in 1990. He died in 1993 at the age of 105, and his sister Christina also lived to be over 100 years old, dying in 1995 at the age of 103. An example of Weir's work, 'Commerce' can be found at Possilpark Library. Weir 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, Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.com and Glasgow By Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches, Malcolm Higgs

Wilma Law Weir was born on the 1st of March 1889. She attended evening classes in drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1919. She resided at 3 Blytheswood Square, Glasgow and worked as an art mistress.

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Gaston Welisch studied Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 2019. In 2019 he won the Chairman's Medal for Product Design. After graduation, he became a Design Researcher at GSA.

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Gustave Wellems was born on 12th of April 1900 and was a student at The Glasgow School of Art between 1914 and 1915. He attended day classes in modelling. He resided in the care of Smart 27, Apsley Place S.S.

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H G Wells was an English writer who became famous for his science fiction novels. He is often called a "father of science fiction". He corresponded with Francis Newbery, Director of the Glasgow School of Art 1885-1918.

Kate Hobson Wells taught Embroidered and Woven Textiles at GSA from 1978 to 1984.

Helen J. Welsh was born on the 9th of April 1892. She attended evening classes in design at The Glasgow School of Art from 1917 to 1918. Her home address was 7 Alexandria Crescent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Her listed residence shows that she was in the care of Mrs Wishart, 8 Northbank Terrace whilst a student. She worked as an art teacher.

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Lily E Welsh was born on the 9th of March 1892. She attended classes in drawing and painting from 1916 to 1918 at The Glasgow School of Art. In the 1917 to 1918 year, the registry has a marginal note of '(3)' on her record, perhaps indicating that she was part of the Group III: Upper School in this year. This group was the Advanced Antique and Preparatory Life School.

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Louise Welsh is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, and formerly Writer in Residence at The Glasgow School of Art and The University of Glasgow.

Nellie Jeffers Welsh was born on 9th April 1892. She was a day student at The Glasgow School of Art from 1910 to 1916, studying Drawing and Painting under Professor William E. F. Britten, and instructors Alexander L. Jackson and James Huck. During most of this period she was living at Craigengar, Beith (Ayrshire), and in 1914 was the recipient of a Carnegie Bursary. For the session 1915/16 she was alternating residence between Dennistoun (Glasgow) and Jesmond (Newcastle upon Tyne), and was awarded a travelling bursary of £7.10s.-. She was also appointed class monitress for sessions 1914/15 and 1915/16, services which granted her an honorarium.

During session 1914/15 Welsh was awarded a Diploma in Drawing and Painting by The Glasgow School of Art (Dip. G.S.A.), and also received a School Certificate for Needlecraft. Her Needlecraft Certificate mark was "Very Good", so she was advised to take a Post Certificate Course in the subject.

Nellie J. Welsh returned to The Glasgow School of Art for the 1918/19 session as an evening student, continuing with the Drawing and Painting course. That year she listed her occupation as Art Teacher.

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Stephen Welsh was born on 5 April 1892 in Forfar, one of five children of Margaret Welsh (nee Sim) and William Welsh, a joiner. He began his training as an architect in Forfar with the firm of Gavin & Soutar from 1908. In 1912, he moved to Glasgow to work as assistant to George Arthur Boswell, enabling him to study at The Glasgow School of Architecture under Eugène Bourdon as a evening student from 1913 -14. He also worked as an assistant in the offices of Stewart & Paterson in Glasgow, William Curtis Green in London and Mills & Shepherd in Dundee. The dates of each of these appointments is unclear. Welsh served in the armed forces for four years during the First World War. By the end of the war he was a Sergeant with the Royal Engineers. On his return in 1919, he resumed his studies and enrolled as a student at Liverpool School of Architecture under Charles Reilly. Whilst there he was admitted ARIBA in 1921, his proposers being William Brown Whitie, John Watson, and Reilly, who wrote of him in his supporting statement: 'although I have only known him a year while he has been in the School of Architecture at Liverpool I have formed a very high opinion of his work and character. Out of 150 students he is one of the first two or three. I expect a great career for him.' In the same year he spent five months travelling in the USA, spending the summer vacation with Carrere & Hastings. On completing the course at Liverpool in 1922 he went to the British School at Rome as Rome Scholar, remaining there until 1925 and using his spare time to tour Italy, Sicily, Greece, France and the Near East. His notes on and drawings of the restoration of the Porto di Ripetta in Rome were printed in the 'Town Planning Review' in December 1927. In 1925-26 Welsh worked briefly for W Curtis Green in London. He spent the year travelling in Canada and the USA with the aid of a bursary given by influential art dealer, Sir Joseph Duveen, during which period he worked for a time in the office of Duveen's acclaimed architect, John Russell Pope whose later works in Washington D.C included the National Archives Building and the Jefferson Memorial, both completed in the early 1940's. Welsh briefly practiced on his own account in Forfar but by 1927-28 he was teaching at the Liverpool School of Architecture in charge of the 5th and 6th year students. In 1928, he moved to Sheffield to take up a position as Head of the Department of Architecture at Sheffield University. He was admitted FRIBA on 5 March 1934, his proposers being John Lancashire, Edward Mitchel Gibbs and Charles Matthew Hadfield, all of Sheffield. Welsh ran the Sheffield School of Architecture from 1918 until 1957, becoming a Professor in 1948 whilst continuing to practise from his home address. He helped to develop the Sheffield School of Architecture from a small school largely training personnel of local firms through a period of huge expansion post Second World War, attracting students from all over the UK and overseas. Welsh died in 1976. Stephen Welsh 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; Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.co.uk; the Dictionary of Scottish Architects: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk; The Long Long Trail: http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk; Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org; University of Sheffield School of Architecture http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/architecture/about/history; Stephen Welsh 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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Fred Wessel is an American artist. He was born in New York, 14 June 1946. He earned a BFA from Syracuse University in New York in 1968 and is now a professor at the Hartford Art School where he teaches drawing, egg tempera painting and lithography.

Graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2015 and continued her studies at Bishoplands Educational Trust near Reading. Now based in Glasgow.

Jack Weston was born on the 15th of March 1902. He attended evening design classes in the weaving department at The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1919. He was possibly a student of the Royal Technical College as the initials RTC are noted in the registry. He resided in Craigendoran and worked as a clerk.

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Effie Doris Westwood was born on the 1st of June 1899. She attended evening classes in drawing and painting from 1915 to 1916, and afternoon classes under Miss Allan from 1916 to 1917. She resided in Johnstone.

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Sir Harry Anthony Wheeler (http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=400442) was born on the 7th of November 1919. He worked as an apprentice architect for Alexander Maclean Goudie (http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201484) in Stranraer before transferring to Glasgow to work for Lennox and Macmath in 1937. This enabled him to study at GSA alongside his apprenticeship. He went into military service during the Second World War years, returning to the School in 1946. Two years later upon completion of his course, he was awarded the prestigious John Keppie Scholarship in Architecture, a cash prize of £100 to fund an overseas study trip. Wheeler used his scholarship to travel to the Italian cities of Rome, Florence and Venice where he studied the architecture of various Loggias. He died on the 19th of December 2013.

Annie Leila Whimster was born on the 18th of September 1897. She attended day classes in design, as well as several afternoon classes in drawing and painting, at The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1925. Her brother, architect Henry Neil Whimster, also studied at the School. She resided in Woodville, Helensburgh.

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Henry Neil Whimster was born in Glasgow on the 28th December 1890, one of five children of Edith Annie Tipping Whimster and Thomas Williamson Whimster, a ship owner. Whimster attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1908 to 1914 and also from 1919 to 1920 as a part time student and apprentice of architecture, under Eugène Bourdon. His sisters Nellie and Annie also attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1907 and 1919 respectively. Before the war, Whimster was articled to Leiper and McNab for five years. He continued as a draughtsman for a year after completing his apprenticeship. He then became a draughtsman for Stewart and Paterson. During the First World War, Whimster served as a 2nd lieutenant of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders battalion. After the war, he returned to work for Stewart and Paterson and was admitted ARIBA in 1920. In 1932, he married Isabel Spence in Paisley. Whimster died on the 18th August 1966 in Uplawmoor. Whimster 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/ The National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.co.uk; The Dictionary of Scottish Architects: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/index.php

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (10 Jul 1834–17 Jul 1903) was an American painter and printmaker, working primarily in the United Kingdom. He was a key proponent of the credo “art for art’s sake”, refusing sentimentality and art for moral teaching and allusion.

Aofie graduated from the University of Ulster, Belfast, in 2009 then went on to Bishoplands Educational Trust before joining Yorkshire Artspace as a starter silversmith. Observational drawings of plants and animals are used as starting points from which various design techniques are applied to create a sense of movement and transformation in her organic metal forms. She has a great appreciation of silversmithing processes and uses a variety of techniques such as chasing, engraving, forging and raising in her work. She works to commission and exhibits her pieces at galleries, museums and historic properties throughout the UK. She has studied with Rod Kelly, Julia Graefe, Malcolm Appleby, Ruth Anthony, Jacqueline Mina and at Goldsmith’s.

Crissie White studied Embroidery and Weaving at The Glasgow School of Art between 1956-1960. She became Senior Lecturer in charge: Design (Embroidery and weaving) in 1974.

Norah Elizabeth Whitehead was born on the 9th of April 1898. She attended day classes in drawing and painting from 1916 to 1919, with a focus on animal studies. She resided in Dunblane.

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Alex H Whitelaw 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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John Whiteman was Director of The Glasgow School of Art for a brief period in 1990.

Margaret D Whiteside was born on the 18th of July 1897. She was enrolled as a Student of the College of Domestic Science in The Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1918, attending evening classes in needle work. From 1917 to 1918 her occupation is listed as a teacher of dressmaking. She resided at 50 Park Road, Kelvinbridge.

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Eva Oliver Whitley was born on the 13th of May 1892. She attended evening classes in modelling at The Glasgow School of Art from 1915 to 1916. She worked as a teacher and resided at The Yews, Bearsden. In the general register, her name is listed as Eva Olivant Whitley.

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Rhona Whittle was a student at The Glasgow School of Art c.1980