Robert Alexander Bryden

Robert Alexander Bryden (7 July 1841 – 14 April 1906) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century.

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

Early life

Bryden was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 7 July 1841, the son of Robert Bryden and Margaret Ramage.[1]

He was educated at Arthur's Academy in Dunoon, Argyll, and Kirkcaldy Grammar School.[1]

Career

In the 1860s, he was an apprentice to Clarke & Bell.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1878.[1]

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Personal life

Bryden married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson. They had at least one child, a son named Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden (21 October 1876 – 23 February 1917), who also became a noted architect and a Fellow of RIBA.[7][1][8] For the final few years of Bryden Sr.'s life, the two worked as partners.[1]

Death

Bryden died in Glasgow on 14 April 1906, aged 64.[9] He is interred in Dunoon Cemetery,[1][5] half a mile to the north of Burgh Hall, one of his designs.

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