Alexander Bryson
Alexander Bryson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1816 5 South Bridge, Edinburgh[1] |
| Died | 7 December 1866 (aged 50) Hawkhill House, Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Partner, Robert Bryson & Sons, Clock and Watch-Maker, Edinburgh |
| Notes | |
Father: Robert Bryson | |
Alexander Bryson
Life
He was born on 12 October 1816 in
He attended the High School in Edinburgh then trained as a watchmaker and entered the family business, then renamed Robert Bryson & Son.[3]
With his first wife, Elizabeth Waterstone Gillespie (possibly a cousin) he had two children who died in infancy, and a daughter and son (
His second wife, Catherine McDonald Cuthbertson, also died young in September 1859, aged 32. Together they had a son. With his third wife, Jane Thomson, he had another son, Leonard Horner Bryson, who survived him and remarried.
He was President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1860–1861. He was President of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh in 1863. He was also a member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Geological Society.
In 1858 he was elected a Fellow of the
He died on 7 December 1866 at
Works
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- On a Method of rendering Baily's Compensation Pendulum insensible to Hygrometric Influences (1854)
- On an improved method of preparing siliceous and other fossils for microscopic investigation: with a description of a new pneumatic chuck (1856)
- On a new method of measuring watch-glasses (1860)
- Memoir of Rev. John Fleming, D.D., F.R.S.E. (1861)
- Memoir of General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, G.C.B., & C. president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1861)
- Notes of a trip to Iceland in 1862 (1864)
References
- ^ "Obituary". The Scotsman.
- ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "RSSA: History: Past Presidents". Rssa.org.uk.
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