James Philip

Born, c. 1869 at Woodside.

Served apprenticeship as a granite cutter with Arthur Taylor in the Jute Street works, with whom he was to have a lifetime association. Although based at Jute Street and famous locally, he was also "loaned out" to do work at yards nationally.

Credited works include:

War Memorial Lion, Cowdray Hall

Edward VII (corner of Union Street and Union Terrace)

Peace statue (now in the courtyard of Duthie Park winter gardens)

Inverurie War Memorial

Resurrection Monument in the Necropolis, Glasgow

Nurse Cavell National Memorial

8 figures on the Titanic Memorial, Liverpool

Commonly held among Aberdeen's finest craftsmen, an artist in granite.