Painter, stained glass artist and potter, born at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. He studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, and at the Royal College of Art, completing his studies in 1903. He worked as a designer at Pilkington Tile and Pottery Company as well as serving as art director at Stoke-on-Trent School of Art. Signing his work G M F, he exhibited mainly landscapes and townscapes at RA, RI, Fine Art Society and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Eton College as well as galleries in Leeds, Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle upon Tyne hold his work. He wrote several books on the art and craft of pottery. Lived at Woore, near Crewe, Cheshire.