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Alf Webster: Glasgow’s Lost Genius, Gordon Urquhart

Gordon Urquhart delivers a lecture at a podium during a Glasgow’s Gilded Age event. He wears a dark suit and tie, reading from prepared notes. A banner beside him displays the event branding and website, while a historic image of a Glasgow street scene is projected behind him.

Alf Webster: Glasgow’s Lost Genius, Gordon Urquhart

Gordon Urquhart delivers a lecture at a podium during a Glasgow’s Gilded Age event. He wears a dark suit and tie, reading from prepared notes. A banner beside him displays the event branding and website, while a historic image of a Glasgow street scene is projected behind him.

Gordon R Urquhart is the Postgraduate Course Director with Historic Environment Scotland. Gordon is the author of A Notable Ornament:Lansdowne Church – an icon of Victorian Glasgow.

Of the countless new churches to emerge in mid-Victorian Glasgow, few stoked as much controversy as Lansdowne United Presbyterian. The author of A Notable Ornament examines the events and personalities surrounding the construction of the Kelvinbridge landmark, and chart its early history through to 1915 and Alf Webster’s windows.

Alf Webster: Glasgow’s Lost Genius, Gordon Urquhart

Gordon Urquhart delivers a lecture at a podium during a Glasgow’s Gilded Age event. He wears a dark suit and tie, reading from prepared notes. A banner beside him displays the event branding and website, while a historic image of a Glasgow street scene is projected behind him.

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