Wayengubani u-Alexander Greek Thomson
Context:U-Alexander "Greek" Thomson (9 Ephreli 1817 <unk> 22 Mashi 1875) wayengumakhi ovelele waseScotland kanye nomqondo wezakhiwo owayeyisiqalo ekwakheni okusimeme. Nakuba umsebenzi wakhe wanyatheliswa emaphephandabeni ezakhiwo zosuku lwakhe, wawungahlonishwa kangako ngaphandle kwaseGlasgow ngesikhathi esaphila. Kwakungemva kweminyaka yama-1950 kanye nama-1960 lapho idumela lakhe elibucayi livuselelwe - hhayi okungenani konke okuhlobene nethonya lakhe kuFrank Lloyd Wright.  UHenry-Russell Hitchcock wabhala ngoThomson ngo-1966: "EGlasgow eminyakeni engu-150 edlule kuye kwaba nabakhi ababili abakhulu kunabo bonke ezweni laseNtshonalanga. UC. R. Mackintosh wayengeyena umuntu okhiqiza kakhulu kodwa ithonya lakhe eYurophu ephakathi lalilingana nelabakhi bezakhiwo baseMelika abanjengoLouis Sullivan noFrank Lloyd Wright. Umakhi omkhulu nakakhulu futhi owanelisa ngokwengeziwe, nakuba ithonya lakhe lingatholakala ngezikhathi ezithile eMelika eMilwaukee naseNew York City kodwa hhayi eYurophu ngokwazi kwami, kwakungu-Alexander Thomson".
U-Alexander Greek Thomson (9 Ephreli 1817 <unk> 22 Mashi 1875) wayengumakhi ovelele waseScotland kanye nomqondo wokwakha owayengumhlahlandlela ekwakhiweni okusimeme. Nakuba umsebenzi wakhe wanyatheliswa emaphephandabeni ezakhiwo zosuku lwakhe, wawungahlonishwa kangako ngaphandle kwaseGlasgow ngesikhathi esaphila. Kwakungemva kweminyaka yama-1950 kanye nama-1960 lapho idumela lakhe elibucayi livuselelwe - hhayi okungenani konke okuhlobene nethonya lakhe kuFrank Lloyd Wright.  UHenry-Russell Hitchcock wabhala ngoThomson ngo-1966: "EGlasgow eminyakeni engu-150 edlule kuye kwaba nabakhi ababili abakhulu kunabo bonke ezweni laseNtshonalanga. UC. R. Mackintosh wayengeyena umuntu okhiqiza kakhulu kodwa ithonya lakhe eYurophu ephakathi lalilingana nelabakhi bezakhiwo baseMelika abanjengoLouis Sullivan noFrank Lloyd Wright. Umakhi omkhulu nakakhulu futhi owanelisa ngokwengeziwe, nakuba ithonya lakhe lingatholakala ngezikhathi ezithile eMelika eMilwaukee naseNew York City kodwa hhayi eYurophu ngokwazi kwami, kwakungu-Alexander Thomson".