Background
He was born in Banff the son of a master mason.
He was born in Banff the son of a master mason.
Foreign others with the same name see Rhind
He was trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804-1870). He was master of the masonic lodge on Hill Street in Edinburgh from 1864 to 1868. He was the father of the sculptors William Birnie Rhind and J. Massey Rhind, and of the architect Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind.