Robert Bryson

He received the Royal Warrant as Watch and Clock Maker to Queen Victoria.

Robert Bryson made a rolling ball clock in 1804, four years before the design was patented by William Congreve.

[3] A conversation with Leonard Horner in Robert Bryson's watchmakers shop,[4] regarding the lack of training in mathematics within apprentices, led to the founding of the School of Arts of Edinburgh which became Heriot-Watt University.

They had four sons and two daughters: His premises, Robert Bryson & Son was located at 66 Princes Street, Edinburgh and he lived his final years at 11 Salisbury Road in south Edinburgh.

[5] He died 8 August 1852 and is buried in New Calton Cemetery along with his wife, Jane, son Alexander and other family members.