Basic Biographical Details Name: | Andrew Wilson Beaton | Designation: | | Born: | c. 1866 | Died: | 6 April 1944 | Bio Notes: | Andrew Wilson Beaton was born c.1866 in Dalry, Ayrshire, the son of William Beaton, a baker and his wife Jessie Jamieson. His early career is not known, but he may have been initially more of an architectural draughtsman than an architect as he exhibited a sketch of Bridgegate in Glasgow in the Royal Scottish Academy and from 1894 he exhibted at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts regularly between then 1902 but then ceased to exhibit until 1942-43. In 1894 he married Catherine Stirling McIntyre. He seems to have had some connection with James Austen Laird for whom he made the drawings in Academy Architecture in 1903. He studied at Glasgow School of Art at the late age of thirty-four in 1901-1902, by which date he had already commenced practice at 223 West George Street, Glasgow, moving to 227 in 1901. Like so many others he gave up practice after the Finance Act of 1909: his practice had consisted wholly of small scale alterations, particularly on tenements.
He married Catherine Stirling c.1894 and they had one son, Maurice A Beaton. He died pnemonia and retention of urine and uraemia on March 6 1944. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Clarkston Road, Muirend, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | | 1944 | | | 102, Cambridge Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1894 | 1895 | | | 56, Wilton Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1896 | 1898 | | | 223, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1898 | 1900 | | | 5, Lyndhurst Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | c. 1898 | c. 1904 | | | 227, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1900 | 1909 | | | Hallden, Muirend, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | c. 1904 | c. 1909 | Prhaps until his death in 1944 | | 11, Linn Terrace, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1942 | 1943 | At least for these years |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | James Austen Laird | 1903 | | Architectural Illustrator | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bilcliffe, Roger (comp) | 1990 | The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts 1861-1989 | | Woodend Press | | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | Scotlands People Website | | www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - Statutory Registers - Deaths | | | Statutory deaths 644/19 0218 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional research by Iain Paterson |
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