David Dougal Williams
| David Dougal Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Dougal Williams 1888 Liscard, Cheshire |
| Died | 28 September 1944 Dundee, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Edinburgh University, Edinburgh College of Art, Moray House Training College |
| Known for | Painting |
David Dougal Williams (June 1888 - 28 September 1944) was a Cheshire-born artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Dundee.
David Dougal Williams was born in 1888 in Liscard, in Cheshire, the third son of four to writer and geographer John Francon Williams and his wife Barbara Balmain Dougall. David was baptized on 22 July 1888 at St. Mary’s Church, Liscard. David had three brothers, John B. (born 1878, Northampton), Aeneas Francon Williams (born 1886, Liscard) and George Francon (born 1890, Liverpool), and one sister, Margaret Mary Ann (born October, 1891, Liscard). David grew up in an artistic and literary household: his father John Francon Williams was a writer, geographer, cartographer and inventor, and David's brother Aeneas Francon Williams was also a keen artist and a writer. By 1901, the Williams family had moved to the South of England and was living at Queens Grove Road in the affluent area of Chingford in Essex.
Williams trained at Edinburgh College of Art and at Edinburgh University and Moray House Training College. His first professional job was as a Designer. At this point in his life, Williams had already married.
In 1916, during the World War, Williams joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion, an infantry regiment of the Scottish Division of the British Army. He was stationed in Scotland.
After the World War ended, Williams remained in Scotland and Lived and worked for a short period in Oban in Argyll where he was principal art teacher at Oban High School. In October 1922, Williams moved to Dundee to take up the post of assistant art master at Morgan Academy, a post he held until 1929. In Dundee, Williams lived with his wife and two siblings (a daughter and a son) at 35 Blackness Avenue. In 1929, Williams became the principal art master at Logie Central School in Dundee where he remained teaching for fifteen years until his death in 1944.
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