Professor John R. Hume OBE is an architectural and business historian, author and photographer. He spent 20 years at the

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, researching and lecturing on Economic and Industrial History, before being employed as the principal inspector of ancient monuments, and then of historic buildings, for Historic Scotland. He was chief inspector of historic buildings until retirement in 1999; whereupon he became chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland to 2015. Today it is known as

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. He holds honorary professorships at both the

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and the

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, and he continues to serve as a patron of the Glasgow City Heritage Trust, and as a member of the panel of judges for the

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. The book ''Visions of Scotland's past: Looking to the future. Essays in honour of John R. Hume'' was published in 2000, to mark his retirement. Hume donated to RCAHMS over 40,000 photographs of a wide range of industrial, business and transport subjects taken by him over decades, and are accessible through Canmore. His photographic record of the decline of Scotland's industrial landscapes in the twentieth century is the subject of a book by Daniel Gray, published in August 2021.

Publications

*''Industrial Archaeology of Glasgow'' (1971), *''Steam Entertainment'' (1974), *''The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland 1: The Lowlands and Borders'' (1977), *''The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands'' (1977), *''Beardmore: History of a Scottish Industrial Giant'' (1979) - with Michael S Moss. *''Shipbuilders to the World.... 125 Years of Harland & Wolff'' (1986) - with Michael S Moss. *''Scotland's Industrial Past: An Introduction to Scotland's Industrial History with a Catalogue of Preserved Material'' (1990), *''Industry and Transport in Scottish Museums'' (1997), *''Dumfries and Galloway: An Illustrated Architectural Guide'' (2000), *''The Making of Scotch Whisky: A History Of The Scottish Whisky Distilling Industry'' (2000), *''Vernacular Building in Ayrshire'' (2004), *''Scotland's Best Churches'' (2005), *''Wigtownshire Vernacular Buildings'' (2009), *''Church Buildings in Wigtownshire'' (2016), *''1000 years of Scottish Churches. Late nineteenth century and early twentieth century churches, 1878 to the First World War'' (2018), *''Colouring Glasgow'' (2017)

References

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