Excerpt from Modern Scottish Poets, Vol. 12: With Biographical and Critical Notices

Architect, Dundee, died in that city in December, 1887, having also been born there in 1847. Receiving his early training in his native place, he removed to Glasgow, where he obtained valuable experience in the erection of schools an impetus having been given to such work about that time by the passing of the Education Act. Competitive plans having been asked for new schools in Dundee, his were accepted, and he was subsequently appointed architect to the School Board. Mr Maclaren was recognised to be one of the ablest School Board architects in Scotland, and his plans of schools were so highly appreciated by the Education Department that they were cited as models. Any leisure moments he devoted to the reproduction of illuminated missals, an art in which he excelled. He also Wrote occasional sketches, and a number of very pleasant verses. It is to be regretted, however, that he applied himself with so much diligence to all his pursuits - intellectual and professional that he fell a victim to overwork, and fully two years before his death he was obliged to retire from public life.

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