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William Delacour was the first Master of the [[Trustees Academy School of Art|Trustrees Drawing Academy]], the forerunner of [[Edinburgh College of Art]].

Delacour was either born in France or in Great Britain to French parents. From 1740 he was active as a portrait and landscape painter, and as a designer of theatrical scenery. Having settled Edinburgh, he was appointed the first Master of the Trustees Academy when it [[Foundation of Trustees' Drawing Academy, 1760|opened]] in 1760, remaining in post until his death in 1767.
[[Category:Academics|Delacor, William]]

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