31st March 1839
Edinburgh architect Robert Morham is born
Paris has Haussmann; Edinburgh has Robert Morham. He laid out Princes Street Gardens, remodelled the interior of St Giles’ Cathedral and Edinburgh City Chambers; built markets at Fountainbridge and Waverley; built Dalry, Portobello and Infirmary Street baths; and remodelled the observatory on Calton Hill, among many other works. He died in June 1912 and is buried at Edinburgh’s Morningside Cemetery.
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