John Chirnside (1905-)

John was an artist, including a painter of portraits. Some of his works can be found at Art UK.

The addresses 104 Offerton Lane, Stockport and 71 Manley Road, M16 (Whalley Range, Manchester) can be found on the rear of his paintings. The 1939 register shows him at the former address alongside a spouse or relative with the same surname (Catherine B, born 1906).

In 1958, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA) (source, see page 19).

By 1973, he worked in the Mechanical Engineering Dept at UMIST, where he produced charcoal sketches of the famous mathematician Cornelius Lanczos (source 1)(source 2).

He also painted portraits of two headteachers of William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester (source).