Malcolm Laurie
Malcolm Laurie | |
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Born | |
Died | 16 July 1932 | (aged 70)
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Known for | Arachnids, Scorpions |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoology, Palaeontology |
Malcolm Laurie
Biography
He was born in Brunstane House[2] south of Portobello, Edinburgh on 27 February 1866, the son of Catherine Ann Hibburd and her husband Simon Somerville Laurie. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy 1876 to 1880. He studied science, first at the University of Edinburgh then at the University of Cambridge where he graduated with a BA in 1889. He returned to Edinburgh for postgraduate studies and gained his doctorate (DSc) in 1894.[3][4]
On gaining his doctorate he received an immediate post as Professor of Zoology at
In 1894 he had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were
He became examiner in zoology at the University of Glasgow in 1899.[6]
In 1907 he was living at "The Bloom", a villa on Canaan Lane in south-west Edinburgh.[7]
Family
His father was the educator Simon Somerville Laurie. He was the younger brother of chemist Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861-1949), both of whom were also Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]
Reception
In a letter to
Works
Laurie published numerous papers on the arachnids, especially the scorpions. For instance:
- Laurie, Malcolm (1891). "Some points in the development of Scorpio fulvipes". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 1891 (October). )
He also published:
- .
References
- ^ a b "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002" (PDF). Biographical Index, Part Two. Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1866-67
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- hdl:1842/24058.
- .
- JSTOR 2454292.
- ^ Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow, 1907
- S2CID 4002476.
External links
- Prof. Malcolm Laurie (summary of sources)