The Works of Greek Thomson

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Abbreviations used in the list of works

AA: Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Architect 1817-1875, Architectural Association exhibition catalogue, London 1984, in association with the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow.

Amelia: Memoir of Thomson probably written by his daughter, Amelia, possibly written for or in collaboration with the Revd John Stark for the Alexander Thomson Memorial, but attributed by Mrs W.L. Stewart to his widow, Jane Nicholson.

APSD: The Dictionary of Architecture, Architectural Publication Society, vol.viii, London 1892.

Archives: Glasgow City Archives, formerly Strathclyde Regional Archives, in Mitchell Library, Glasgow.

ATSN: Alexander Thomson Society Newsletter, Glasgow 1991-.

Barclay: David Barclay, '"Greek" Thomson. I: His Life and Opinions' &c., Architectural Review, xv, May 1904.

Blackie: Villa and Cottage Architecture, Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow & Edinburgh 1868, 1871, 1878.

BofS: Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches & Malcolm Higgs, The Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow, Penguin, London 1990.

Crook: J. Mordaunt Crook, The Greek Revival, London 1972.

George: Five letters from Alexander to George Thomson, in Africa, 3rd June 1871, 10th January 1872, 20th September 1872, 17th February 1873 & 20th August 1874, published in the Alexander Thomson Society: Newsletter nos. 11 to 14, October 1994-December 1995.

Gildard: Thomas Gildard, 'Greek Thomson', Paper read before the Architectural Section of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 30th January 1888, in Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix, 1888, and in the Alexander Thomson Society Newsletter, no.20, January 1998.

G&W: Andor Gomme & David Walker, Architecture of Glasgow: second revised edition, Lund Humphries, London 1987.

GSA: Glasgow School of Art.

Hitchcock: Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Early Victorian Architecture in Britain, London & New Haven 1954.

Law: Graham Law (1923-96), 'Greek Thomson' in the Architectural Review, cxv, May 1954 (publication of: 1950 Cambridge dissertation - original now at RCAHMS).

List: The Listed Glasgow Buildings of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson compiled by Iain Paterson, Conservation Section, Planning & Development, Glasgow City Council, 1997, from Historic Scotland's descriptions (including demolished buildings once on Statutory List).

Macdiss: Mackintosh School of Architecture dissertation, in Glasgow School of Art Library.

McFadzean: Ronald McFadzean, The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1979.

McKean: John Maule McKean, 'The Architectonics and Ideals of Alexander Thomson' in AA Files (Annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture), no.9, Summer 1985.

Memorial: List of works and biographical 'sketch,' written by the Revd John Stark by 1879, with Deed of Trust for the Alexander Thomson Memorial, 1883, held by the Glasgow Institute of Architects.

Mitchell: Mitchell Library, City of Glasgow.

Mossman: Notes by Ronald McFadzean from records and order book c.1870-77 once held by J.& G. Mossman and subsequently discarded by the firm.

RCAHMS: Royal Commission for the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland (National Monuments Record of Scotland), Edinburgh.

RIAS: Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

S&McK: Several named authors in Gavin Stamp & Sam McKinstry, eds, 'Greek' Thomson, Edinburgh University Press, 1994.

Stewart: Notes on the Thomson Family compiled from c.1949 to the early 1960s by Jane Nicholson Thomson (Mrs W.L. Stewart), daughter of Thomson's son John.

U.P.: United Presbyterian - the church formed in 1847 from the union of the United Secession Church and the Relief Church.

Walker: David M. Walker’s notes from 1960s at RCAHMS resulting from research partly conducted with Alfred G. Lochhead and Francis Worsdall.

Worsdall: Lists of works compiled by Francis Worsdall (19??-94) in conjunction with David Walker, one sent to Mrs W.L. Stewart in 1965; also typescript list of photographs taken by Worsdall 1960-1987 now in Glasgow City Archives along with material salvaged from the fire in Worsdall's house in 1994. Further information is in Worsdall’s correspondence with Mrs Stewart and David Walker.

Codes

†: Building demolished
[†]: Building partially demolished
‡: Design unexecuted
?: Attribution to Thomson undocumented and uncertain
*: publication includes an illustration (photograph or drawing)

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