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His son, John Usher Cunningham, was born on 16 February 1839. Other sons included George Playfair Cunningham (1837-1867) and William Russell Cunningham (1835-1878).
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Later that year, he was invited to Liverpool by Samuel Holme, a politician and builder. In Liverpool Cunningham formed an informal partnership with Holme's brother
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A number of the buildings he designed in Liverpool have since been demolished, but many in Scotland still stand. Some of his works include:
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close to his final home. The grave lies on the main west path on its east side at the transition between the upper and lower sections.
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Cunningham retired and left Liverpool in the summer of 1873, returning to Edinburgh and settling in the
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district, in order to live closer to his family and friends. There, he began a design for the
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This article is about the Scottish architect. For other uses, see
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on 6 February 1839. He had a lifelong interest in geology and
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The grave of John Cunningham, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
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Cunningham lived in a flat at 15 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh
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In 1833, he married Agnes Usher. That same year, his
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During the trip he contracted 769: 680:Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 519:"Basic Biographical Details - John Cunningham" 346:His last project was finished posthumously by 265:as well as being a regular contributor to the 571: 569: 567: 565: 195:Sir William Purves-Hume-Campbell, 6th Baronet 761:Grave of John Cunningham, Warriston Cemetery 563: 561: 559: 557: 555: 553: 551: 549: 547: 545: 793:Fellows of the Geological Society of London 268:Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 249:Cunningham was elected as a fellow of the 542: 362:In 1833 he married Agnes Usher (d.1896). 372: 274:In 1842, Cunningham took a trip through 185:Born in 1799 in the Scottish village of 176: 168: 788:Scottish emigrants to the United States 620: 618: 616: 614: 612: 610: 204:In 1819, Cunningham was apprenticed to 142:(1799 – 2 October 1873) was a Scottish 770: 513: 511: 509: 507: 505: 503: 501: 499: 497: 495: 493: 491: 489: 487: 485: 483: 481: 479: 477: 475: 473: 471: 413:Liverpool Lime Street railway station 244:Liverpool Lime Street railway station 120:Liverpool Lime Street railway station 699: 607: 394:(1829) – featured in the 2006 13: 727: 671: 468: 14: 824: 577:"Homecoming: Scottish architects" 524:Dictionary of Scottish Architects 803:People associated with Edinburgh 21:John Cunningham (disambiguation) 296:, opened in Liverpool in 1850. 755: 646: 289:A building of his design, the 1: 461: 286:, but managed to recuperate. 685:Geological Society of London 658:National Library of Scotland 251:Geological Society of London 128:Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 7: 10: 829: 18: 813:Architects from Edinburgh 808:Architects from Liverpool 683:. 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John Cunningham (disambiguation)
Leitholm
Berwickshire
Trinity, Edinburgh
Crewe railway station
Liverpool Lime Street railway station
Liverpool Sailors' Home
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
architect
Lime Street
railway station
Philharmonic Hall
Liverpool


Leitholm
Berwickshire
Sir William Purves-Hume-Campbell, 6th Baronet
Marchmont Estate
Thomas Brown
Edinburgh
Greenlaw Town Hall
Greek Revival style
Edinburgh
patron
New York
Arthur Hill Holme
Liverpool Lime Street railway station
Geological Society of London
fossils

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