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Thomas Ross

1839–1930

Best known as a Scottish architect, artist, and antiquarian, he helped document the castles, churches, and old domestic buildings of Scotland in richly detailed books that are still valued today. His work joined careful scholarship with a sketcher’s eye for historic places.

3 Audiobooks

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3

by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3

by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 2/3

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 2/3

by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross

About the author

Born in Errol, Perthshire, on November 10, 1839, Thomas Ross trained in architecture in Glasgow before moving to Edinburgh. In 1862 he became assistant to David MacGibbon, and the two later formed the partnership MacGibbon and Ross, a firm closely associated with the study and preservation of Scotland’s older buildings.

Ross is especially remembered for collaborating on major surveys of Scottish architecture, including The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland (published in five volumes from 1887 to 1892) and The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland (1896–1897). Alongside his architectural practice, he was also known for his drawings and for his deep interest in historic monuments and churches.

Later in life, he was appointed a founder member of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in 1908. He received an honorary LL.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1910, and in 1918 the Royal Scottish Academy elected him an Honorary Academician and Professor of Antiquities. He died on December 4, 1930.