Basic Biographical Details Name: | Wilson & Stewart | Designation: | | Born: | c. 1882 | Died: | c. 1890 | Bio Notes: | William Gilmour Wilson was born in 1856 at Rothesay. In 1872 he was articled to Robert Baldie, studying at Glasgow School of Art, and after completing his apprenticeship in 1877 he was successively assistant to Alexander Adamson and John Honeyman in Glasgow, George Fowler Jones in York, Francis Mackison in Stirling (perhaps for the Callander Hydropathic project) and William Owen of Warrington. By 1880 he had set up independent practice at 134 Wellington Street, Glasgow, and in the same year he entered the competition for Liverpool School of Art in collaboration with an unidentified A B Miller, their design being exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts the following year. It is unclear whether Miller and Wilson entered into a formal partnership but they exhibited again together at the Glasgow Institute in 1882. Wilson had been admitted ARIBA on 3 January the previous year, his proposers being Honeyman, Jones and John Burnet, Senior. The practice appears to have initially been successful despite the severity of the recession in the early 1880s, and by c.1883 Wilson had taken James B Stewart into partnership as Wilson & Stewart.
In the early 1890s the practice appears to have run out of work and the partnership was dissolved and Stewart, who seems to have had good connections in Greenock and Port Glasgow continued the practice on his own. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 17, Hamilton Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Business | 1882 or 1883 * | | | | 134, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | c. 1883 | After 1888 | | | 4, Argyle Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Business | 1886 or 1887 | 1887 or 1888 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | William Gilmour Wilson | c. 1882 | c. 1890 | Partner | | | James Brown Stewart | c. 1888 | c. 1890 | Partner | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Greenock Post Office directories | | Greenock Post Office directories | | | |
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