John James Burnet
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Sir John James Burnet (1857 - 1938) , son of the architect John Burnet was born in Glasgow. He trained in his father’s architectural offices and in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris , thereafter joining his father as a partner. Like his father he commissioned extensive sculptural works for his building, including from Mossman .
Among his surviving work are:
- Clyde Trust Building, Robertson Street, Glasgow (1883)
- Athenaeum, 8 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow (1886)
- Charing Cross Mansions, Charing Cross, Glasgow (1891)
- Athenaeum Theatre, 179 Buchanan Street, Glasgow (1891).
- Glasgow Savings Bank, 177 Ingram Street, Glasgow (1896)
- King Edward VII Gallery, British Museum , London (1905)
- RW Forsyth's Department Store, Princes Street, Edinburgh, (1906).
- War memorials at Port Tewfik; Gallipoli; and Jerusalem
- Cenotaph in George Square, Glasgow, (1924 )
- Hunter Memorial, University of Glasgow, (1924).
He was knighted in 1914.
Other work has been destroyed or demolished, including:-
- Alhambra Theatre, 41 Waterloo Street, Glasgow (1910)
