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Thomas Grant (14 June 1863 - 27 August 1922) was a Scottish painter.

Life
His father was William Grant (born c. 1845), a furnace stoker at a pottery and also a potter, from Bo'ness. His mother Catherine Donaldson (born c. 1845) from Polmont.

In 1881 he was a bleachfield worker, staying at 24 Springfield Road in Bridgeton. John Blackwood and Sons ran the bleachworks on that street. Ten years later his occupation is artist; and now in 30 Springfield Road.

His sister was Catherine Grant, known as Kate, (born c. 1873), a cotton weaver. Another sister Janet Grant (11 August 1869 - 1872) died in infancy.

Art
Rutherglen works at the RGI, under no address given

Death
He died on 27 August 1922. His death certificate states that he died of chronic bright's disease and cardiac failure. He died at 7 Barnflat Street in Rutherglen, his sister Kate present.