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Lorimer, John Henry, 1856-1936 (Scottish painter)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1856 - 1936

Biography

John Henry Lorimer was born to parents Hannah Stodart Lorimer (1835-1916) and James Lorimer (1818-1890) in 1856. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, University of Edinburgh, and Royal Scottish Academy. He travelled throughout Europe, including Spain, Italy and Algiers. John Henry, often nicknamed 'JH' by family members, was a successful artist whose paintings were featured at the Royal Scottish Academy and Royal Academy. His oil painting 'The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk' hangs at the National Gallery of Scotland. Many of his paintings portray the Lorimer family's summer home, Kellie Castle in Pittenweem, Fife.

John Henry Lorimer's siblings were: James Lorimer (1852-1898), Hannah Cassels im Thurn (née Lorimer) (1854-1947), Janet Alice Chalmers (née Lorimer) (1857-1946), Caroline Louise Lorimer (1861-1946), and Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864-1929).

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Letters of William Fowler of Selkirk

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Identifier: Coll-2937
Scope and Contents Correspondence of William Fowler of Selkirk. 85 letters, received between 1909 and 1932. Arranged mostly alphabetically, and addressed to Fowler unless stated otherwise. Some letters are accompanied by photographs, postcards, and other Stevensonalia. William Agge. 19 March 1918. About Woodrow Wilson and Robert Louis Stevenson William Agge. 17 April 1918 William Agge. 17...
Dates: 1909-1932
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections