Robert MacKay Smith
Robert Mackay Smith
Life
He was born in
He moved to Leith in 1834 to work as a commission agent and lived and worked there for most of his life. He originally lived at 4 Windsor Street near the top of Leith Walk.[3]
In 1855 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Charles Piazzi Smyth. He was a member of multiple scientific societies including the Meteorological Society of Scotland, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (serving as their president) and the Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Director 1851).[4]
He died on 4 April 1888 at his home, 4 Bellevue Crescent in Edinburgh[5] He is buried in one of the small south sections in Dean Cemetery in the west side of the city.
He never married and had no children.
References
- ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Prizes: Mackay Smith Prizes". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1803
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1835-6
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1887-1888