Early Life
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born at 70 Parson Street, Glasgow on 7 June 1868, the fourth of 12 children and second son of William and Margaret MacKintosh. He attended Reid's Public School and the Allan Glen's Institution. In 1890 Mackintosh was the second winner of the Alexander Thomson Travelling Studentship, set up for the "furtherance of the study of ancient classic architecture, with special reference to the principles illustrated in Mr. Thomson’s works."
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