The World of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817-1875)
Dominic d'AngeloOngoing research into the world and life of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, the 19th-century Scottish architect, covering the buildings he designed, the world in which he lived, those he knew, influenced and was influenced by.
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Borrowed Knowledge: Westbourne Gardens
Introduction
In advance of European Architectural Heritage Year in 1975, Westbourne Gardens Association created a document on the area’s buildings, it having ‘been thought for some time that the unity of the Gardens should be protected...
Writing to George
On an autumn morning in 1876 Mary Slessor stood on the deck of the steamer Ethiopia in Liverpool docks and waved good-bye to two companions from Dundee who had gone to see her off. As the vessel cleared the land and moved out into the wid...
Why Glasgow Council owns St Vincent Street Church
The sanctuary of St Vincent Street Church, 2006 (Image: Christopher Bowen)
Adapted from a talk given to the 2026 Annual General Meeting of The Alexander Thomson Society.
For many years the church was one of the wealthiest in the city. C...
Borrowed knowledge: John Keppie on ‘The Architecture of Glasgow’
In October 2025 I extracted a section of John Keppie’s talk to the Old Glasgow Club on ‘The Architecture of Glasgow’, given o 15 November 1915, with reference to ‘Greek’ Thomson and James Sellars. In the interest of completion, what is show...
‘Greek’ Thomson and first ‘Dictionary of National Biography’
Introduction
The first four volumes of the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) was published in 1885, a decade after Alexander Thomson’s life, although Volume 56, ‘Teach – Tollet’, containing Thomson’s biography, did not appear unti...
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Conducting ongoing research into the life and times of the Scottish architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817-1875). Not a biography so much as placing him in context.
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