Education
Studied at Saint Enoch’s School, under the late Alex. Sim, F. East.I.S.
Studied at Saint Enoch’s School, under the late Alex. Sim, F. East.I.S.
Began business as office boy in Glasgow branch of Scottish Widows’ Fund Insurance Company, became buyer in a wholesale merchant"s warehouse. At the age of thirty-three gave up the mercantile profession and embarked in the elocutionary. Studied under the late William Moffat, Harcourt, Beatty Blane, and Walter Baynham.
Principal public Work has been the recital of readings adapted from the works of our leading poets and novelists.
In the course of teaching thousands of pupils have been under his tuition, many having attained celebrity in the ranks of clergymen and elocutionists.