Thomas Elder Dickson
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Dr Thomas Elder Dickson PSSA FRSE (26 August 1899 – 31 March 1978) was a Scottish artist operational through the 20th century. He was also Vice-Principal of the Edinburgh College of Art from 1947 to 1968. He was President of the Society of Scottish Artists 1946 to 1950.
Life
He was born on 26 August 1899. He attended Barrhead High School.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
In 1916, during the First World War he joined the Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF).{{cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6717035|title=Thomas Elder Dickson - WW1 Memorial and Life Story|publisher=|accessdate=25 January 2017}} After the war he attended the University of Glasgow graduating with an MA. Moving to Edinburgh he gained a PhD in 1936 from the University of Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1940. His proposers were James Drever, Robert Grant, Alexander Craig Aitken, and John Derg Sutherland.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}
He died on 31 March 1978.Scotsman (newspaper): obituaries 1 April 1978
Publications
- An Introduction to Colour (1932)
- W. G. Gillies (1974)
Family
He married Nessie Bell Stewart in 1928.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
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Category:Scottish landscape artists
Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Category:20th-century Scottish painters
Category:Scottish male painters
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:20th-century Scottish male artists
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