Walter Crum studied at Anderson's University under Thomas Graham.[6] He then worked for James Thomson for two years[1] before going into the same business, the printing of calico, on his own account. He directed the existing family firm at Thornliebank, already large employers, into dyeing, particularly with Turkey red.[7]
Map showing Thornliebank, the bleach works, and Rouken Glen Park.
Crum purchased the Birkenshaw Estate (later Rouken Glen Park).[8] He was an early collector of photographs.[9]
Family
Crum married Jessie, daughter of William Graham. Their children included:
^ abcMacLehose, James (1886). "24. Walter Crum". Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow men. Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons. Retrieved 4 February 2016 – via Gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk.
^Stewart, George (1881). "Walter Ewing". Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship. Glasgow: James Maclehose. Retrieved 4 February 2016 – via Gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk.