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Walter Crum FRS (1796–1867) was a Scottish chemist and businessman. He became a
Walter Crum studied at Anderson's University under Thomas Graham. He then worked for James Thomson for two years before going into the same business, the printing of 
Crum purchased the Birkenshaw Estate (later Rouken Glen Park). He was an early collector of photographs.
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematic ...
in 1844.
Life
He was born inGlasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated pop ...
, the second son of Alexander Crum of Thornliebank, a merchant there, and of Jane, the eldest daughter of Walter Ewing Maclae; the politician Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing
Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing (16 July 1802 – 3 July 1887) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874.
Crum-Ewing was born Humphrey Crum, the son of Alexander Crum of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire and his wife ...
was his younger brother. His sister Margaret Fisher Crum married John Brown as his second wife, and was mother of Alexander Crum Brown
Alexander Crum Brown FRSE FRS (26 March 1838 – 28 October 1922) was a Scottish organic chemist. Alexander Crum Brown Road in Edinburgh's King's Buildings complex is named after him.
Early life and education
Crum Brown was born at 4 Bell ...
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Walter Crum studied at Anderson's University under Thomas Graham. He then worked for James Thomson for two years before going into the same business, the printing of calico
Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than ...
, on his own account. He directed the existing family firm at Thornliebank, already large employers, into dyeing, particularly with Turkey red.
Crum purchased the Birkenshaw Estate (later Rouken Glen Park). He was an early collector of photographs.
Family
Crum married Jessie, daughter of William Graham. Their children included: * Alexander Crum MP, who married Margaret Stewart (Nina), eldest daughter of Alexander Ewing, and was father ofWalter Ewing Crum
Walter Ewing Crum (22 July 186518 May 1944) was a Scottish Coptologist, or scholar in Coptic language and literature. In 1939 he completed ''A Coptic Dictionary,'' a dictionary of translations from Coptic to English.
Early life and education
The ...
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*William Graham Crum, who married Jean, youngest daughter of John McLeod Campbell, in 1868. He sold the Rouken Glen Estate to Cameron Corbett in 1904, who gave it to the people of Glasgow. A calico
Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than ...
printer, he lived for some time at Mere Old Hall near Knutsford
Knutsford () is a market town in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. Knutsford is south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and 12.5 miles (20 km) south-east of Warrington. The population at the 2011 Census was ...
, Cheshire
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, where his son John Macleod Campbell Crum was born, and later at Broxton Old Hall, also in Cheshire.
*Elisabeth Graham Crum, who married William Henry Houldsworth
Sir William Henry Houldsworth, 1st Baronet (20 August 1834 – 18 April 1917) was a British mill-owner in Reddish, Lancashire. He was Conservative MP for Manchester North West from 1883 to 1906, and sometime chairman of the Fine Cotton Sp ...
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*Margaret Crum who married William Thomson the physicist and engineer, later 1st Baron Kelvin.
*Walter Ewing Crum, who was a merchant in Liverpool, married Sara Margaret Tinne in 1873, and died in India in 1882.
*Mary Gray, and Jessie.
See also
* Dead cottonReferences
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