William Wilson (artist)

Wilson learned stained glass making in an apprenticeship with James Ballantyne,[2] and by studying under Herbert Hendrie.

[2] He studied further at the Royal College of Art, London, producing etchings and engravings of subjects such as 'Loch Scavaig, Skye' in the 1930s.

He started his own studio in 1937, making stained glass windows for Canterbury Cathedral and a number of Scottish Churches.

[3] As well as religious stained glass, he made secular pieces such as "The Irish Jig" which was originally fitted in his Edinburgh home.

[11] In 1951 he completed the East window of St Andrew's church in Stamford Hill, as a replacement for the original which had been blown by a V1 during the blitz.

[16] He is responsible for four windows in the chapel of the University of St Andrews, though given his increasing blindness the final two may have been partly the work of his assistants.

[24] The University of St Andrews describes Wilson as "one of Scotland's great artists, a master of the arts of printmaking, painting and stained glass".