ANDERSON, SIR ROBERT ROWAND British architect, was born at Forres in 1834, the son of a solic itor. He died in Edinburgh on June 1 1921. He was educated at Edinburgh and entered the Royal Engineers, where he received his first training as a draughtsman. His first important work was his successful design for the Edinburgh Medical Schools (1875), and this was followed by a succession of important com missions, including the Conservative club, Edinburgh (1883), the dome of Edinburgh University (1886) and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1886-88). He also successfully carried out a series of restorations of Scottish cathedrals, including those of Dunblane cathedral, Paisley abbey, Culross abbey and the interior of Dunfermline abbey. In 1901 he was selected to superintend the alterations which were being carried out at Balmoral Castle; in 1902 he was knighted.