Robert Rowand Anderson

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Robert Rowand Anderson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for his influential Gothic Revival designs and major restorations of historic buildings.

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Robert Rowand Anderson canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture
birthPlace Edinburgh
centuryOfActivity 19th century
early 20th century
countryOfBirth Scotland
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
deathPlace Edinburgh
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Anderson
fieldOfWork architecture
ecclesiastical architecture
restoration architecture
genre ecclesiastical architecture
public architecture
givenName Robert
hasGender male
influenced late 19th-century Scottish architecture
younger Scottish architects
influencedBy Gothic Revival
surface form: Gothic Revival movement

medieval Scottish architecture
knownFor design of churches and cathedrals
design of public buildings in Scotland
design of university buildings
restoration of medieval churches
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Scottish Academy Building
surface form: Royal Scottish Academy
movement Gothic Revival
name Robert Rowand Anderson self-link
notableAchievement helped establish professional architectural education in Scotland
notableFor Gothic Revival designs
restoration of historic buildings
notableWork Central Hotel, Glasgow (now Grand Central Hotel)
Glasgow Central railway station
surface form: Glasgow Central Station Hotel (architectural work associated)

McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh
Mount Stuart House
surface form: Mount Stuart House (restoration and completion)

Scottish National Portrait Gallery
surface form: National Portrait Gallery of Scotland building

Scottish National Portrait Gallery
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh Medical School
surface form: University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place
occupation architect
positionHeld Professor of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh
architect to the University of Edinburgh
residence Edinburgh
workLocation Edinburgh
Scotland

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Description of subject: Robert Rowand Anderson was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect known for his influential Gothic Revival designs and major restorations of historic buildings.

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Robert Rowand Anderson name Robert Rowand Anderson self-link