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Robert Macfarlane Cameron

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23/07/1860

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12/12/1920

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Robert Macfarlane Cameron was born in Edinburgh on 23 July 1860, and was educated at George Watson's School. He was articled to David and John Bryce on 14 September 1875, remaining there as an assistant after completing his apprenticeship. In 1881 he joined the staff of Robert Matheson at the Office of Works as a temporary draughtsman, moving to the Prison Board Architects' Department in 1882. Probably because of the severe recession in the earlier 1880s he became furniture designer at Victoria Works, Kirkcaldy in 1882 and remained there until October 1885 when he set up practice in Edinburgh. His best work has scholarly refinement, notably the Rowand Anderson-like Warrender Park Free Church.

Cameron's practice seems to have been affected by the Finance Act of 1909 with diminished business as he was practising from his home after that time. Cameron was admitted LRIBA on 20 July 1914, his proposers being the City Architect James Anderson Williamson, Harry Ramsay Taylor and John Watson. He married Margaret Emma Bowman/Burns on 17 June 1916.

Cameron was a Town Baillie, a Magistrate, and Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh. He died on 12 December 1920 at 53 Great King Street, Edinburgh, and was buried in Warriston Cemetery. His practice was taken over by Stewart Kaye.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
93 South Back of the Canongate Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business
53 Great King Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business					Records Cameron at Great King Street until 1923 - which is three years after his death

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To	Notes
93 South Back of the Canongate Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business	1883
20 George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1886	1890
24 George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1891	1910
53 Great King Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business	1911	1920	Records Cameron at Great King Street until 1923 - which is three years after his death

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
D & J Bryce	100270	1875/09/14	In year 1880	Apprentice
D & J Bryce	100270	In year 1880	In year 1881	Assistant
Robert Matheson	100271	In year 1881	In year 1882	Draughtsman
H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency)	201531	In year 1881	In year 1882	Draughtsman	In Edinburgh office
Prison Board Architects' Department	100272	In year 1882

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The following individuals were employed or trained by this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
Robert Ernest Stewardson	205320	1894/10	In year 1898	Apprentice
John Alexander McWilliam	202545	1896/05	In year 1901	Apprentice
William Lamb	205149	1920/03/22	In year 1921	Apprentice
James Macrae	204572	After 1900	In year 1904	Assistant
Alexander Murray Hardie	201385	In year 1898	In year 1899	Assistant
Benjamin Marcus Priteca	206698	c. 1904	Before 1909	Apprentice

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
Henry ('Harry') Ramsay Taylor	200581	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship
James Anderson Williamson	200694	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship
John Watson	202272	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Dining room interior	In year 1883			Scotland
2-24 Viewforth	In year 1885		Edinburgh	Scotland
Lasswade Public School	After 1885	Lasswade	Midlothian	Scotland
Warehouses for Messrs Brickman	After 1885	Leith	Edinburgh	Scotland
Messrs Lipton's, 56 and 57 Princes Street	After 1885		Edinburgh	Scotland	Reconstruction
Dunbar Public School	After 1885		East Lothian	Scotland
Dunfermline Public Park	In year 1886	Dunfermline	Fife	Scotland	Donald Drinking Fountain
Donald Fountain	In year 1888	Dunfermline	Fife	Scotland
52-54 Inverleith Place	c. 1890	Inverleith	Edinburgh	Scotland
Warrender Park Free Church	In year 1891		Edinburgh	Scotland	Won in competition
Loanhead Public School	In year 1891	Loanhead	Midlothian	Scotland
Kirkcaldy Public School	In year 1893	Kirkcaldy	Fife	Scotland
Alloa Public School	In year 1893	Sunnyside, Alloa	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	First premium in competition, although it appears that the job went to John Bennie Wilson
Falkirk Free Church	In year 1893	Falkirk	Stirlingshire	Scotland	Unsuccessful competition design
Dunnikier Primary School	In year 1894	Pathhead/Dunnikier, Kirkcaldy	Fife	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Post Office Directories
Laperriere, Charles Baile de (ed.)	The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990	1991

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Scotsman		1920/12/13	*	p2 Death notice

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			L v16 no1167
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Personal information from Ann C H Begbie, a fourth-generation cousin

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