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The story of Alexander Stuart Boyd began in Glasgow, Scotland. His father, Alexander Boyd, was a muslin manufacturer who had married a woman named Janet Mathieson. Shortly after Alexander Stuart was born, his parents had him baptized in Glasgow. He was the second child of four children and they lived together as a family in Glasgow. When he was still a child, he fell ill and one of his aunts gave him pencils and paper to paint. After the first pictures, he got the interest in art to painting. He was motivated in his painting by his neighbor to become an artist. His neighbor's name was James Cowan, an amateur artist who by chance became his brother-in-law. Boyd was taught to draw at his local day school. During his school years, his father, Alexander Boyd, was buried. He lived with his mother and three siblings until he graduated from high school.

He worked in a bank in Glasgow for six years after leaving school. When he started taking art seriously, he quit his job to become an artist. He found his inspiration in a painting at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. He studied at an academy for four years and joined a magazine publishing company after graduation. He stayed there for seven years, producing black and white sketches during that time. He joined another magazine publisher during his career and used the pseudonym "Twym" with both publishers. While studying to be an artist, he had begun his side career as an illustrator. He exhibited his paintings every year at several intervals. Moving to London, he worked as an illustrator for magazines.

He met and married a woman named Mary Rennie Wilson Kirkwood in Glasgow after his studies. After the marriage, the two became parents to their son named Alexander Stuart. By this time Boyd had illustrated 6 books. During the years he joined more newspaper publishers and worked hard every day to support his family. Just before World War I, Boyd and his wife Mary decided to take a trip around the world to Australia and New Zealand. He illustrated five of his wife's books and seven school stories for girls during his time in New Zealand. After the death of his son in World War I, Boyd gradually gave up painting. Boyd and his wife, Mary, decided to emigrate to Auckland, New Zealand, after World War I. He exhibited his paintings regularly in Auckland and taught children about authors, art, and humor. He liked the writer Robert Louis Stevension until his death and illustrated one of his works.