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Christine Sinclair studied at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1970s.

Catherine Alice Sinclair was born on the 15 of July 1892, residing at her term time address c/o Mclachlan, 49 Park Road, Glasgow and her home address of South Parish House, Girvan, while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Sinclair studied at the School from 1910-1919, with a break in her studies between 1911-1913, undertaking day classes in Drawing and Painting. During the 1910-11 session, Sinclair was taught by Alexander Musgrove a Probationer in a variety of drawing and painting techniques, who instructed at The School between 1909-1912.

Sinclair was awarded numerous accolades during her time at the School. At the end of the 1914-15 session she won the Prize for Essays on a School Lecture with her essay on 'Pope Julius II and his service to Art' of £1 1s and was awarded the School Certificate of Needlecraft Granted by the Governors (Very Good) during the same year. The following year she came in second place the Prize for Essays on a School Lecture with her essay on the topic 'Compare and contrast the characters of Luther and Calvin'.

It should also be noted that Sinclair assisted on stall three run by Mrs M Taylor Wilson during the School's Belgian Tryst event. Records relating to the Belgian Tryst are available for consultation in The Glasgow School of Art Archives.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Catherine Alice Sinclair:

• 1910-11 (224)
• 1913-14 (323)
• 1914-15 (297)
• 1915-16 (294)
• 1916-17 (153)
• 1917-18 (270)
• 1918-19 (355)

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Thomas Brash Simpson was born in Kinning Park, Glasgow on 5th April 1891, son of Jeanie Simpson (nee Wilson) and Robert Simpson, a bricklayer. Simpson, a textile designer, attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1913 to 1916 as an evening student of design. During the First World War, Sayers served as a Driver in the Royal Field Artillery. Simpson married Elizabeth Buchanan Irvine, a munitions worker, in 1918. Simpson died in 1957 in Glasgow. Simpson is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Mary D G D Simpson was born on the 26th of June 1901, residing at Abenford, 9 Burncleuch Avenue, Cambuslang while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Simpson attended the School between 1917-1926, undertaking a mixture of classes, including afternoon classes in Pottery and Needlework with Miss Macbeth from 1917-18, day classes in Design and evening classes in Drawing and Painting.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Mary D G D Simpson:

• 1917-18 (232)
• 1918-19 (104)
• 1919-20 (121)
• 1920-21 (209)
• 1921-22 (137)
• 1922-23 (129)
• 1923-24 (212)
• 1924-25 (736)
• 1925-26 (678)

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Graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2007. Student piece (fruit bowl) held in the Glasgow Museums Collection at Kelvingrove.

George William Simpson was born on the 15th of November 1897, residing c/o Kay, at 59 Mansion Street, Possilpark, to the North of Glasgow, while completing his studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Simpson studied at the School between 1916-1918. During this time he undertook evening classes in Drawing and Painting and was awarded the Glasgow City Educational Endowments Senior Art Bursary of £3 during the 1916-17 session. While completing his studies, Simpson held down a career as a Junior Draughtsman.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number George William Simpson:

• 1916-17 (442)
• 1917-18 (63)

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Frances M J Simpson was born on the 14th of June 1896, residing at 41 Keir Street Pollocksields to the South of Glasgow while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Simpson studied at the School between 1918-1924, undertaking day classes in Drawing and Painting. Over the course of her studies Simpson career is listed as a Black and White Artist.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Frances M J Simpson:

• 1918-19 (322)
• 1919-20 (225)
• 1920-21 (74)
• 1921-22 (84)
• 1922-23 (53)
• 1923-24 (55)

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Catherine M Simpson was born on the 28th of June 1901, residing at 66 Copeland Road, Govan to the Southwest of Glasgow while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Simpson studied at the School during the 1915-16 session, undertaking evening classes in Needlework taught by Miss Macbeth who worked at the School between 1902-1929 in a variety of roles in the Design and Decorative Art Department. While completing her studies Simpson held down a career as a Clerkess.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Catherine M Simpson:

• 1917-18 (498)

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Gertrude C Simons was born on the 27th of May, year unknown, residing at 2 Kensington Gate, Hyndland in Glasgow's West End during her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Simons studied at the School between 1909-1919, undertaking daytime classes in Drawing and Painting. It is noted in the Student Registers that during the 1917-18 session Simons enrolled in a course of three afternoon classes in Life Drawing but only attended one. Drawing and Painting classes that Simons attended were taken by instructors such as David L. Adam who was an Assistant Instructor in Training between 1908-09 in a variety of painting techniques.

It should also be noted that Simons assisted in the tearoom during The School's Belgian Tryst event. Records relating to the Belgian Tryst are available for consultation in The Glasgow School of Art Archives.

In the years after Simons finished her studies at The School, she exhibited her work on numerous occasions with The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts between 1919 and 1968. This included at locations such as: 13 South Exchange Place, Glasgow; Sunnybrae, Biggar, Lanarkshire and 20 Napier Avenue, Bathgate, West Lothian.

Information relating to the specific works exhibited such as title and price can be found by consulting The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts 1861-1989 - A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, compiled by Roger Billcliffe, Volume 4, (Q-Z) which is available on request from The Glasgow School of Art Archives.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Gertrude C Simons:

• 1909-10 (372)
• 1910-11 (75
• 1911-12 (90)
• 1912-13 (71)
• 1913-14 (677)
• 1914-15 (454)
• 1915-16 (367)
• 1916-17 (300)
• 1917-18 (369)
• 1918-19 (429)

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Thomas Simmonds, 1842-1912, had been a teacher of Science and Art subjects at Derby School of Art, before taking over from Robert Greenlees as Headmaster at Glasgow School of Art in 1881. He seems to have been on the staff at Cheltenham School of Art early in his career, and may also have spent time teaching at the Birmingham Schools. Simmonds was very businesslike and his career suggests he was a good Headmaster in a managerial sense. Whilst at Glasgow School of Art he was instrumental in convincing the governors of the need for a new building, and regularly complained to the committee of management about the conditions that the students had to work under. He also attempted, unsuccessfully, to promote links between Glasgow School of Art and the Woollen College, a small independent textiles college. In 1885, he returned to Derby School of Art to take up the position of Headmaster. He had arranged to take up this position by April 1885, leaving Glasgow School of Art in May 1885, but his contract was not supposed to end until August 1885. This, plus the attempts by Simmonds to claim all monies he saw as due to him from student successes at the Science and Art examinations in South Kensington, led to an embittered correspondence between himself and the School. The letters that survive from this period illustrate the problems and financial fragility of the position of the headmaster of a provincial School of Design.

Indre Simkute was a student of Communication Design (Illustration) at The Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 2018. Indre won The Avril V Gibb Memorial Prize in 2018, for the purchase of work from a final year undergraduate Communication Design student.

Alice Dorothy Sim was born on the 24th of January 1896. She resided at Whinknowe, Dalserf, Lanarkshire, while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Sim attended the School between 1915-1920, undertaking day classes in Drawing and Painting in a variety of locations around the School including Room 37C and Room 40. Sim received a number of accolades during this time, including the Needlework Prize during the 1917-18 session and a Carnegie Bursary worth £5 during the same year.

In the student registers the note 'Prov. Com Students' is written next to Sim's name. In 1906 the Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training and Certification of Teachers was established by the Scotch Education Department and Glasgow School of Art became a centre for teacher training. It was also at this time that the classes were renamed Article 55. Classes were now run under the auspices of the new Provincial Committee and it was they who took over responsibility for the first and second year courses leaving the School of Art to concentrate on the more advanced classes.

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The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Alice Dorothy Sim:

• 1915-16 (365)
• 1916-17 (160)
• 1917-18 (146)
• 1918-19 (154)
• 1919-20 (253)

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Sidney Wesley Birnage (sometimes misspelled Birnade) was born on 23 Sep 1911. He was the son of Joseph Birnage, cashier, and Helen Foster.

Sidney articled for the firm of H. & D. Barclay in January 1929, carrying out preliminary university studies in building construction. David Barclay of H. & D. Barclay was a Governor of The Glasgow School of Art. He eventually transferred to the office of William Baillie in November 1932 and in that year commenced the certificate course at The Glasgow School of Architecture, now known as the Mackintosh School of Architecture. Whilst pursuing these studies, Birnage joined Glasgow Corporation Education Department in August 1935. Whilst there, he passed the final exam in late 1936 and was admitted as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) on 6 Mar 1937. His thesis titled "The Foreign Influence on Scottish Architecture of the 16th and 17th Centuries," was completed in May 1937. His proposers for the ARIBA were William James Smith, Daniel Walter MacMath, and Colin Sinclair. Sinclair wrote in his supporting statement "I know that he was a student of the greatest diligence and of high excellence in the various branches of his studies." Birnage was also an Associate of the Glasgow Institute of Architects. He was an architect consultant for Lanarkshire Builders Limited. In the 1960s, he opened his own business titled Birnage & Dickson as a partner and worked on the St Andrews Church in Glasgow.

He died aged 72 on 4 May 1984, his last address being 42-44 Union Street, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire. He was married twice, first to Nancy Jenkins and second to Jean Ahlers. He was survived by his second wife and at least one daughter.

Born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Shirreffs attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1871 – 75 where he studied sculpture under William Mossman the younger. In 1871 he won the Queens Prize in the annual National Exhibition of art-school student work for a design for a wall panel, and the Plasterer’s Company prize for a panel modelled in plaster. The following year, 1872, he was awarded a free scholarship.

After graduating, he opened a studio in 1877 at 108 West Regent Street, and established a cire-perdue foundry, the first of its kind in the West of Scotland, with his brother, Charles Gordon Shirreffs (1857-1913), who was a brass-founder. Shirreffs worked closely with the architect J J Burnet on several projects, such as the Glasgow Savings Bank at 177 Ingram Street, Glasgow. He also collaborated with other sculptors, notably Sir George Frampton, for whom he supervised the carving of the reliefs and sculpture on the North Entrance of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. He exhibited at the RGIFA, the RA and International Exhibition held in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park, in 1888.

Shirreffs was buried in Glasgow's Western Necropolis, where his family monument, erected in 1905, features a large, bronze Cherub head possibly of his own design.

John J Shirlaw was born on the 24th of January 1882. He resided at 247 West Princes Street, in Glasgow's West End and 105 Buccleuch Street in the Garnethill area, while completing classes at The Glasgow School of Art. Shirlaw studied at the School between 1913-1916, undertaking evening classes in Modelling. During the course of his studies he received a number of accolades including the Haldane Trust Bursary (Evening School) for Modelling during the 1914-15 session and the Bronze Medal for Modelling - Life (Evening School) for the 1915-16 session.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number John J Shirlaw:

• 1913-14 (32)
• 1914-15 (20)
• 1915-16 (21)

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Jean K Shields was born on the 9th of February 1893. She resided in the West End of Glasgow at 689 Great Western Road while taking evening classes in Drawing and Painting at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1918-19 session. At this time her profession was listed as Clerkess.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Jean K Shields:

• 1918-19 (256)

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Sydney d’Horne Shepherd was born in 1909 in Dundee, Scotland. He was also referred to as Toby Shepherd. He died in 1993. He was a painter, printmaker, and teacher.

Regarding school, he attended Harris Academy in Dundee. He later attended the Dundee School of Art from 1924 to 1926, then went to the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) the following year. He studied at the GSA from 1927 to 1930. He won a travelling scholarship and various prizes for his portraiture and landscape design. He was awarded a Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the GSA on 26 Jun 1929.

In 1929, Helen Biggar and her sister, Florence (Flossie) Biggar met Sydney when he was a student-lecturer. Flossie and Sydney married on 18 Jul 1933 but divorced in 1945. They were nicknamed ‘Tobias and the Angel.’ He is also the cousin of the author Gordon Daviot who wrote the play titled “Queen of Scots.” Later on in his life, he lived in Rudgwick, Sussex in England. He had a daughter, Anna Shepherd.

Regarding his work, he seemed to move around often. He taught at the GSA from 1930 to 1932 then he went to London for various portrait commissions. From 1937 to 1947, he lectured at the Shoreditch Training College in London. He also was part of the National Fire Service during the Second World War from 1941 to 1945. After 1954, he taught at numerous schools but notably Ealing School of Art, St Martin’s School of Art, and Sir John Cass School of Art before he retired in 1974.

His art has been exhibited in numerous countries including Scotland, England, America, Italy, and South Africa. As well, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, New English Art Club, London Group, Leicester Galleries, Redfern Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy, Society of Scottish Artists, and more. His work is also in the collections of the Queens Gallery in Dundee and the V&A Museum. In 2009, there was an exhibition to mark the centenary of his birth and celebrate his art which was held at the Queens Gallery in Dundee.

William Erskine Shearer was born in Glasgow on 29th June 1889, one of eight children of Margaret Shearer (née Kerr) and William Shearer, a warehouse clerk. Shearer attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1908 to 1915 as a student of drawing and painting, being taught by Mr Artot and Professor Britten. During the First World War, Shearer served as a Lieutenant in the 315th Army Brigade, in the Royal Field Artillery. He was killed in action on 8th June 1918 and is buried in Harponville Communal Cemetery at the Somme in France. Shearer is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Born 30/11/1928. GSA student c1947-1951. After GSA she applied to work at DIOR but their "quota" of foreign workers had already been met. She was the youngest of 4 children, all of whom became educators (two brothers became university lecturers and she and her sister became teachers). She was one of the first in Scotland to return to teaching after having children. Latterly she taught in England before retiring and returning to Scotland.

Wallace became a student at GSA in 1957 and throughout his life held a deep affection and high regard for the college, its staff and its students. He became a very successful student himself, studying Interior Design, there being no separate course in Fashion Design which was his primary interest. He was sought out at the end of his course by the design department of Pringle of Scotland where he went on to develop the growing interest in Men’s Knitwear, becoming one of its principal designers. He moved to New York to become chief designer of Men’s Knitwear with Dawson Inc., later moving on to the design department of Donna Karan. He retired from there in 2000 and pursued a successful free-lance career, working in Italy, Hong Kong and Taiwan before returning to his native Scotland. He settled in Edinburgh where he created an Art House in his apartment in the Leith Assembly Rooms. There he welcomed many friends, most of whom were successful artists . He was always interested in the careers of younger people, and encouraged them by displaying their work alongside that of established artists.

Marion Mitchell Shaw was born in Dumbarton on 23 March 1906, the daughter of William Shaw, quarry manager and his wife Marion Johnston. She commenced the degree course at the Glasgow School of Architecture in September 1925. She spent five months in an unspecified office in the summer holidays of 1927, and her early travels included three weeks in Oxford in May 1928 and one week in Paris in April 1929. She obtained her degree in 1930 and passed the professional practice exam in Edinburgh that July, enabling her to be admitted ARIBA in November that year, her proposers being Thomas Harold Hughes, John Watson and James Lochhead. Her nomination papers state that she had been gaining 'office experience' since November 1929, and give a business address of 20 Wellington Square, suggesting that she was working for Alexander Mair who had recently severed his partnership with Thomas McGill Cassels. She lived in Troon from at least 1950 until at least 1963. She resigned here membership of the RIBA before 1970. Marion married William David Young, a chartered accountant. She is described as a retired architect in the register of deaths which suggests she practised after her marriage. She died aged 90 on 18 May 1998 at the Sun Court Nursing Home in Troon which was her usual residence. Her husband had predeceased her.

Jeanie Shaw was born on the 10th of August 1894. She resided at 90 Malborough Avenue, Broomhill, to the West of Glasgow City Centre while taking evening classes in Drawing and Painting at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1917-18 session. Shaw maintained a career as a Typist while attending The School.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Jeanie Shaw:

• 1917-18 (184)

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Dorothy Shaw resided in Springburn to the North of Glasgow while attending The Glasgow School of Art during the 1918-19 and 1921-22 sessions. She took evening classes in Drawing and Painting while maintain a career as a Tailoress during the day.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Dorothy Shaw:

• 1918-19 (594)
• 1921-22(35)

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Christine Emily Shaw (nee Cramond) was born 9 June 1921 in Partick, Glasgow, Scotland. She attended Hyndland Secondary School before moving to Milngavie in the early 1930s, where she attended Bearsden Academy. There, her art teacher was William Armour, known to the students as 'Paddy'.
Christine started at the Glasgow School of Art in 1939 and kept a diary from January-December 1940. In it she interspersed records of her day to day activities in the School with descriptions of, and opinions on, fellow students and staff including Carlo Rossi, Joan Eardley, Margot Sandeman, T Willison, Leonard Clegg, Hugh Adam Crawford, W O Hutchinson, Henry Y Alison, Campbell Mackie, Harriet Henson, John Miller, Benno Schotz, Bill Crosbie and others. Visits to Mary and William Armour 's house are well documented as are social activities in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and the experience of living in Glasgow during the first year of the Second World War.

Andrew Wilson Shaw was born on the 1st of March 1876. He resided at a variety of addresses in Stepps and Dennistoun to the East of Glasgow while attending classes at The Glasgow School of Art between 1909 and 1912. Shaw undertook daytime and evening classes in Drawing and Painting at the School studying under William E.F. Britten and David F. Wilson. During his studies Shaw maintained a career as an Artist. He received his Diploma in Drawing and Painting at the end of the 1911-12 session. After graduating he went on to be an Art Assistant at Provanside School.

Shaw was part of an exhibition at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1911. Where he exhibited a work titled Ca'in Pirns, that was priced at £5.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Andrew Wilson Shaw:

• 1909-10 (437)
• 1910-11 (90)
• 1911-12 (157)

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Alan Shaw was born in Ballymoney, N.Ireland and studied textiles at Glasgow School of Art. During his MDes, Alan spent five months working at Coats Viyella where he worked on Stork TCP printers and the initial trialling of the Stork Amethyst production printer. The resulting new knowledge was used to showcase his collection of interior prints. On completion of his MDes Alan took up a post at GSA, compiling technical research for the successful SHEFC funding application. This resulted in the Centre for Advanced Textiles (CAT) being established in 2000.Alan’s role involves collaborative research, textile consultancy and management of the Centre’s commercial activity. His research interests include investigating the role of facilitating designers/makers to integrate digital technology into their practice, helping to address perceptions of the technology and transferring acquired knowledge and skills.Before working at CAT, Alan spent four years with Glasgow textile printing firm Timorous Beasties overseeing print production and finishing. He has lectured at various Scottish colleges and continues to design and produce textiles on a freelance basis.

John Sharpe was born on the 27th of May 1887. Sharp attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1916-19 while residing at the Bellahouston Red Cross Hospital. His home address is listed as The Square, Berwick. During this time he undertook evening classes in drawing and painting, life drawing and life modelling. His career is listed as Artist in our records.

He is sometimes referred to as John Sharp in our records, and he is possibly the John Sharp listed in GSA's Annual Reports who gained his diploma in modelling and sculpture for the 1909-10 session.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration numbers listed for John Sharp are follows:

• 1916-17(493)
• 1917-18(276)
• 1918-19(283)This John Sharp went on to become Art Master at Duns High School.

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Ida Sharpe was born on the 21st of June 1895. She resided at 94 Mill Street, Rutherglen while taking evening classes in Design – Needlework at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1915-16 session. Sharpe maintained a career as a Mantlemaker during her time at The School.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Ida Sharpe:

• 1915-16 (276)

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Graduating in 2019 from the Glasgow School of Art with first class honours, Will went on to take part in the Artist in Residence program at the Glasgow School of Art until spring 2020. He was the 2019 recipient of the Hallmark Studio’s New Designers Award and the Association of Contemporary Jewellers Mark Fenn Award.

Robert Scott West Sharp was born on the 21st of June 1892. He resided at a number of addresses in Anderston to the West of Glasgow City Centre, including on Church Street and Argyle Street, while undertaking evening classes at The Glasgow School of Art between 1909 and 1920. Sharp's studies included classes in Drawing and Painting and Life Drawing. During this time he studied under Charles H. Scott and W. Sommerville Shanks.

Sharp was awarded the prestigious Haldane Trust Bursary (Evening School) for Drawing and Painting during the 1914-15 session worth £2. During the 1917-18 he was once again awarded the Bursary.

Over the course of his studies Sharp was first apprenticed as a Glass Etcher before changing career to become an Electrician in 1916.

Sharp exhibited some work as part of an exhibition hosted by The Royal Glasgow institute of the Fine Arts in 1951. He exhibited a piece called 'Happy Days' priced at £20.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Robert Scott West Sharp:

• 1909-10 (617)
• 1910-11 (62)
• 1911-12 (189)
• 1912-13 (138)
• 1915-16 (19)
• 1916-17 (308)
• 1917-18 (390)
• 1919-20 (489)

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John McKay Dunlop Sharp was born in Barrhead on the 11th of November 1891, one of four children of Jessie Sharp (née McKay) and James Sharp, an engineer's clerk. Sharp lived at Crossmill farm which was demolished in the late twentieth century to make way for private housing. Sharp attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1910 to 1912 as a part time student of architecture and from 1912 to 1914 as a part time student of drawing and painting. During the First World War, Sharp served as a Sergeant in the Cameron Highlanders 5th battalion. This battalion was formed in August 1914 and landed in Boulogne on the 10th of May 1915. It appears that Sharp could have been part of a Pals Battalion as he attended GSA on the same course and semesters as students such as James Tod, who also fought in this battalion. Sharp was killed in action on the 3rd of May 1917 in France, aged 26. It is possible that he died in the Battle of Arras which took place between the 9the of April and the 16th of June 1916. A phase occurred between the 3rd and the 4th of May 1917 called the Battle of the Scarpe. Sharp is memorialised in Arras. Sharp 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 National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/; Lives of the First World War: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3977251; Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1638785/SHARP,%20JOHN; Gazetteer for Scotland: http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst35284.html; The Long, Long Trail: http://www.1914-1918.net/cameron.htm; http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/battles-of-the-western-front-in-france-and-flanders/the-arras-offensive-1917-battle-of-arras/; Imperial War Museums: http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-pals-battalions-of-the-first-world-war

Mary Jane Shannon was born on the 1st of May 1876. She resided at 7 Whitehaugh Drive Paisley while undertaking evening classes at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1918-1919 session. Shannon maintained a career as a School Teacher while studying at the School.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Mary Jane Shannon:

• 1918-19 (565)

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Shannan was a sculptor, builder's apprentice and architect. He was educated at Glasgow University, and apprenticed to his father, the builder Peter Shannan. Worked as an architect in West Africa and in the USA, then switched to a successful career as a sculptor. He trained at the South Kensington School and in Paris from 1884-1894.

Painter in oil and watercolours of portraits, interiors and still life in a style better suited to oils. Began as a pattern designer with a curtain manufacturer, studying drawing in the evening at Glasgow School of Art under Fra Newbery. Later a member of staff at GSA: Shanks was Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) Antique and preparatory life 1910/11; Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) Life, head life, portrait and costume model, painting, antique and still life 1913/14 - 1924/25; Lecturer (D&P) Drawing, painting and composition 1925/26 - 1929/30; Drawing & painting (school of Design, Pictorial and Commercial Art) 1930/31; Drawing and Painting (D&P) 1934/35.

Artist in watercolour, pen and ink, mixed media; muralist, designer and teacher, born in Glasgow. He left school to become an apprentice carpet designer for Templeton's, first exhibiting with the firm's art club. After war service Shanks took the diploma course at The Glasgow School of Art. Upon graduating in 1950 he started on a career as a freelance mural painter; was a designer and printer with Edinburgh Weavers' Dovecot Studios for eight years; stage designer with Rutherglen Rep; and teacher at Glasgow School of Art and in schools in the city and in Renfrewshire, where he settled in Kilbarchan. He termed his main occupation as "landscape painter", having been in love with the landscapes of the Western Highlands since his parents took him to the Isle of Skye aged seven. These were portrayed in his Scottish Horizons show at Cyril Gerber Fine Art Glasgow, in 1994, again at Cyril Gerber in 2004, and previously in solo exhibitions throughout Scotland. He was a member of RSW and Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, also exhibiting with RSA, Royal Scottish Society and Glasgow Group.

Margaret Robb Shanks was born on the 16th of August 1894 and resided at Rubislaw, Blairhill, Coatbridge, while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Shanks was part of a group of girls who started attending classes at the School while still studying at The High School for Girls. More information about the girls who attended and links between the Schools can be found in the following blog post: http://www.gsaarchives.net/2018/02/school-pupils-college-students-story-two-sisters-reveals-gsa-partnerships/

They undertook a variety of classes, with Shanks attending afternoon classes in Anatomy and Modelling during the 1912-13 session. While not all of the girls pursued their studies Shanks stayed at the School until 1919. From 1914-1919 she undertook Drawing and Painting day classes.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Margaret Robb Shanks:

• 1912-13 (367)
• 1914-15 (340)
• 1915-16 (67)
• 1916-17 (150)
• 1917-18 (140)
• 1918-19 (276)

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Kirsten Shanks studied Painting and Printmaking at The Glasgow School of Art and graduated in 2019. In 2019 she won the W.O. Hutchison Prize.

George Ferguson Smellie Shanks was born at Partick on 15 May 1898, the son of George Ferguson Smellie Shanks, engine patternmaker and his wife Eliza Jane Borthwick. In July 1915 he began as an articled pupil with Honeyman & Keppie while attending classes in building construction. In September 1916 he started the architecture course at the Glasgow School of Art. However his studies were interrupted when he was called up in World War 1 and from December 1916 to January 1919 he served with HM Forces in the United Kingdom, Palestine and France. After demobilisation he returned to Honeyman & Keppie’ s office and resumed his studies at the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Technical College. He completed his apprenticeship in January 1921, remaining with Honeyman & Keppie as assistant. In March 1923 he moved to a similar post with Wright & Wylie, being promoted to chief assistant in March 1924. He was awarded his diploma in January 1924 and was elected ARIBA on 5 January 1925, his proposers being Andrew Graham Henderson John Watson and John Keppie. Shanks had travelled widely by the time of his election to Associateship. During the war he had visited France, Italy, Egypt and Palestine. In 1921 he visited Oxford and London, in 1922 Winchester, York & Durham and in 1924 Canterbury and Liverpool. In 1923 he had been awarded the Bowden Travelling Scholarship from the School of Architecture and in 1924 the John Keppie Travelling Scholarship. This enabled him to spend two weeks in Paris and four weeks in Italy in 1925 visiting Genoa, Pisa Lucca, Rome, Naples, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Ravenna, Venice, Vicenza, Verona and Milan. Shanks remained with Wright & Wylie which became Wylie Wright & Wylie in 1928 after Frederick Robert Wylie joined as partner and after Wright withdrew in 1935, Shanks became a partner, the practice title becoming Wylie Shanks & Wylie. By 1939 Shanks had become a Fellow of the Glasgow Institute of Architects and in 1947 FRIBA, proposed by George Arthur Boswall, Andrew Graham Henderson and Thomas Johnston Beveridge. In 1946 Walter Underwood was taken into partnership, but the firm name was not changed to Wylie, Shanks & Underwood until sometime between October 1956 and April 1957. Underwood left in 1960 and the practice title then became Wylie Shanks & Partners. Shanks retired in 1963. He died of heart disease on 2 August 1985 at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock. He was survived by his wife Jeannie Ritchie Kennedy.

Shanks undertook evening classes in Architecture at the School between 1915 and 1924.

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number George Ferguson Smellie:

• 1915-16 (50)
• 1916-17 (23)
• 1918-19 (508)
• 1919-20 (63)
• 1921-22 (86)
• 1922-23 (543)
• 1923-24 (527)

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Alastair Shanks attended The Glasgow School of Art's courses for Primary Teachers, c1938-1939.

George Shaw Shand was born in 58 King Street Glasgow on 31 Aug 1896, son of Agnes McInnes (née Sheldon) and William Shand, a spirit merchant. Shand attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1913 to 1926 (with breaks in attendance from 1916-1917 and 1923-1925) as a part-time student starting with classes in Drawing and Painting and going on to specialise in Architecture. During his studies his occupation is noted as Apprentice Architect, Architect's Assistant, Architectural Draughtsman and Mechanical Engineer.

During the First World War, Shand served in France as a Private in the 14th Bantam Battalion, of the Highland Light Infantry regiment. Bantam Battalions were formed after August 1914 following the intervention of Alfred Bigland MP, who wrote to Lord Kitchener requesting that new battalions be set up for men under the 5ft 3in (160cm) height restriction.

After the war, Shand returned to The Glasgow School of Art to complete his studies and graduated with a diploma in June 1929. In 1931 Shand was admitted to The Royal Institute of British Architects, following successfully passing his professional examination in Edinburgh the year before. Shand then worked as an architect's apprentice at John Gaff Gillespie and opened his own practice in 1934 at 1 Blythswood Square Glasgow. Latterly towards the end of his life, he resided in the Newton Mearns area. Shand died on the 26th Nov 1976 at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. George S Shand is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Sources: The Dictionary of Scottish Architects: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk; Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ BBC News Magazine Bantams: The army units for those under 5ft 3in, Tom de Castella [9th Feb 2015], http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31023270

Christina Eadie Shand was born on the 27th of August 1897 and resided at Glenburn Villa, Luggiebank, Cumbernauld while completing her studies at The Glasgow School of Art. Shand undertook afternoon classes in Drawing and Painting, Design and Fashion Plate between 1914 and 1917. During the 1915-16 term her Design classes were taught by Miss Gray, the Fashion Plate Instructress who taught at the School between 1905-1918

The Glasgow School of Art student registration number Christina Eadie Shand:

• 1914-15 (244)
• 1915-16 (358)
• 1916-17 (268)

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Hajra studied jewellery and enamelling at Cardonald College, Glasgow from 1985-1987. In 1991 she exhibited at Goldsmiths Hall, London and in the same year was a finalist in the Platinum competition.
She went on to follow a MA Course in the Department of Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts at the RCA, London and it is believed she went on to pursue a career in museum education at the V&A.

Henry Sewell was born in Dumfries on 13th September 1892, a child of Isabella Sewell (nee Elliot) and Henry R Sewell, a teacher, of Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire. Censuses show the family living in the school house in Lochrutton in 1901. In 1911 they were living in Dennistoun, Glasgow. Sewell, also a teacher, attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1913 to 1914 as an evening student of drawing and painting, taught by Mr Jackson, and from 1916 to 1917 and 1918 to 1920 as an evening student of metal design, taught by Miss Dewar. GSA records show him residing in Westerton, Glasgow in these later years. Sewell is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour and according to this, he served in the Royal Field Artillery.

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

Mark Fernand Severin (5 January 1906 at Ixelles, Belgium - 10 September 1987 at Uccle, Belgium) was a Belgian-born artist and graphic designer who lived in England for most of his life.Mark Severin was the son of Fernand Severin (1876–1931), a poet. Described as one of the most outstanding engravers of his generation, Mark Severin specialised in fine miniature work, including postage stamps and book illustrations. He made close to five hundred bookplates, of which a great number are on erotic subjects. He was also active as an advertisement designer in Great Britain, including posters for Imperial Airways and the London Underground. In 1935, Severin married Nina Holme, a children's book illustrator, daughter of Charles Geoffrey Holme, editor of The Studio, an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine founded and, until 1919, edited by his father, Charles Holme. Mark and Nina had two sons: Erik and Geoffrey.

Rita Serafini studied Textiles at GSA from 1975 and designed garments for the 1978 fashion show.

Selby, a German refugee, was born in Germany as Manfred Salinger. He studied architecture at the Technical College of Berlin in the 1920s under Modernists such as Walter Gropius and Erich Mendelsohn (despite having Albert Speer, “Hitler’s architect”, as a classmate). Selby practised as an architect in Berlin before escaping to Prague during the Nazi regime. He was was unable to work as an architect there as only Czechs were allowed to do so, but found work as a neon sign maker and developed his life-long love for Czech architecture. He was later to find himself on the streets of Prague again during the Summer of 1968 as the Czech people attempted (unsuccessfully) to overthrow the Soviet Union-backed regime (He brought back several dramatic pictures of the uprising, now stored in the archives at Strathclyde University).

When the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, after several failed attempts to travel to the Soviet Union, Salinger finally found himself in England, and picked up his new name somewhere along the way. Selby was initially interned at a refugee camp when he first came to Britain, finding himself alongside fellow future GSA staff member Paul Zunterstein, who went on to study and work under Benno Schotz in the 1950s.

After serving in the British Army in Palestine and Egypt, Selby moved to Glasgow, was admitted as an Associate to RIBA (the Royal British Institute of Architects) in 1948 and began teaching and practising as an architect once more. He became a lecturer at The Mackintosh School of Architecture and continued to teach architectural history part-time at GSA after his retiral in 1972. Selby’s specialist subject was Modern Architectural Theory, and as a former student of Gropius and Mendelsohn in Berlin, Selby was described by Professor Frank Walker, his student turned colleague, as “a living link to Modernism”, someone who had experienced the progression of Modern European architecture at close quarters, and who through his teaching and practice brought first-hand knowledge of the places and people students at GSA were studying and aspiring to.