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{{Short description|Welsh architect (1856–1919)}}
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[[File:St James the Great, Newport Road.JPG|thumb|right|[[St James the Great, Cardiff]]]]
'''Edwin Montgomery Bruce Vaughan''' (6 March 1856 – 13 June 1919),<ref name=DWB>{{cite DWB|title=VAUGHAN, EDWIN MONTGOMERY BRUCE |id=s8-VAUG-BRU-1856|first=Alun|last=Roberts|date=11 January 2013|access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> known as '''E. M. Bruce Vaughan''', was an ecclesiastical architect from [[Cardiff]], Wales.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Brevities |work=Hull Daily Mail |page=2 |date=14 June 1919 |access-date=23 December 2014 |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000324%2f19190614%2f045 | via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Biography==
Vaughan was born in Frederick Street, Cardiff and privately schooled in the town. He was articled to local architect W. D. Blessley, studied at [[Cardiff School of Art & Design|Cardiff School of Science and Art]] and won the Architectural Association medal in 1880.<ref name=DWB />
He was elected to the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] in 1891, designing a large number of churches across [[South Wales]], but also designed several hospitals and a school.<ref name=Victorianweb /> The building described as his "masterpiece" is [[St James the Great, Cardiff|St James Church]] on [[Newport Road]], Cardiff, completed in 1893.<ref name=Victorianweb>{{cite web|title=Church of St James the Great |url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/cardiff/5.html |publisher=The Victorian Web |access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Newman |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&pg=PA301 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |title= The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan |year=1995 |pages=301/2 |isbn=0-14-071056-6 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref>
While serving in the Glamorganshire Home Guard of the [[Volunteer Force (Great Britain)|Volunteer Force]] he rose to the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.<ref name=DWB />
Vaughan in later life became a volunteer and fundraiser for the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary|King Edward VII Hospital]], which he partly designed, with his work helping to fund an additional 350 beds<ref name=obit /> and £500,000 in funds (much donated by shipowner, John Cory).<ref name=DWB />
Vaughan died in June 1919 "one of the best known men in Cardiff"<ref name=obit /> He had a well-attended funeral at [[St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff|St John's Church]] and was buried at the cemetery in Adamsdown.<ref name=DWB />
==Notable works==
[[File:The Point, Cardiff 2009.jpg|thumb|180px|St Stephen's, Butetown]]
Vaughan was designer of 45 churches in [[Glamorgan]] beginning with St Mary Magdalene, [[Cwmbach]] (1881/2).<ref name=DWB /> Other notable examples included:
* All Saints, [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]]<ref name=DWB />
* St James, [[Adamsdown]], Cardiff (1893)
* [[St Stephen's Church, Cardiff|St Stephen's]], [[Butetown]], Cardiff (1902)
* [[St Jude's Church, Swansea|St Jude's]], [[Mount Pleasant, Swansea]], (1913–15) <ref>{{Coflein|num=13606|desc=St Jude's Church, Mount Pleasant, Swansea}}</ref>
[[File:St Jude Swansea .jpg|thumb|St Jude's Church Swansea]]
Non-ecclesiastical works included:
*  Institute of Physiology, [[Cardiff University]], Newport Road, Cardiff (1915) – Vaughan campaigned successfully to locate the Institute close to the hospital and appointed himself as the designer.<ref name=DWB />
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