Regius Professor of Natural History (Aberdeen)

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Driven South American seeds collected by William L. Macgillivray, nephew of former Regius Professor William MacGillivray , in the Outer Hebrides between 1908 and 1919 . Exhibit in the natural history collection in Aberdeen

The Regius Professor of Natural History is a Regius Professorship from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The professorship was established some time before 1858 as Regius Professor of Civil and Natural History at Marischal College. When Marischal was merged with Kings College to form the University of Aberdeen in 1860, the professorship was renamed.

In addition to this Regius Professorship, there has been a Regius Chair of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh since 1870, as well as a Chair of Natural History founded in 1807 and now known as the Regius Chair of Zoology at the University of Glasgow .

owner

Surname name suffix from to annotation
Francis Skene Jan. 11, 1753 1775
George Skene 1775 1788
William Morgan May 10, 1788 Sep 2 1788
James Beattie Oct. 22, 1788 Oct 5, 1810
Robert Rainy 1811 Apr 10, 1811 The spelling of the name is different, sometimes Rainy, sometimes Renny.
James Davidson July 1, 1811 Feb. 19, 1841
William MacGillivray (* 1796; † 1852) May 17, 1841 5th Sep 1852
James Nicol FGS, FRSE Sep 15 1853 1878 On September 15, 1860, Marischal and Kings College were merged to form the University of Aberdeen and the professorship was no longer referred to as Regius Professor of Civil and Natural History, but as Regius Professor of Natural History.
James Cossar Ewart Esq., MD, FRS 1879 1882 Ewart left Aberdeen to take over the Regius Chair of Natural History in Edinburgh in 1882.
Henry Alleyne Nicholson (* 1844; † 1899) 1882 1899
John Arthur Thomson (* 1861; † 1933) 1899 1930
James Ritchie 1930 1937
Hogben Lancelot Thomas (* 1895; † 1875) 1937 1941
Alister Clavering Hardy (* 1896; † 1985) FRS 1942 1945 Hardy left the professorship to take the Linacre Chair of Zoology at the University of Oxford . In addition to biology, Hardy was also interested in religion , the origin of which he sought in biology. His deep religiosity inspired the title of his biography written by David Hay , " God's Biologist ."
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards (* 1906; † 1997) December 29, 1945 Sep 30 1974
George Mackenzie Dunnet (1928 - 1995) Esq., B.Sc., Ph.D., FRS (Ed) Feb 10, 1974 1992
Paul Adrian Racey FRSE March 4th 1993 May 6, 2009
not occupied May 7, 2009 Jan. 6, 2014
Christopher John Secombes Jan. 7, 2014

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Prestigious 'royal' post for Professor . University of Aberdeen, February 26, 2014; accessed on August 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i The Aberdeen University calendar . Part 1, 1898. A. King & CO. Printers to the University, Aberdeen 1898 ( archive.org ).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Officers of the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, 1593-1860 , pp. 46–50.
  4. ^ JH Calaby: MacGillivray, John (1821-1867) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 2. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1967 (English).
  5. ↑ Aberdeen Invest - Live Visit. (PDF) People and Places, Aberdeen City Information Brochure; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  6. ^ A Biography of William MacGillivray  - Internet Archive
  7. ↑ James Williams, WF Cormack: Transactions of the Dumfrieseshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society . Dumfries, 1992, pp. 95, ISSN  0141-1292 .
  8. ^ Thomas George Bonney:  Nicol, James (1810–1879) . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 41:  Nichols - O'Dugan. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1895, pp. 38 - 39 (English).
  9. ↑ a b Ewart, George Arthur (1886–1942) on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online; accessed on June 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ a b Scottish Office, Whitehall, April 20, 1899. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , April 21, 1899; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  11. ^ Henry Alleyne Nicholson on theodora.com; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  12. ↑ Richard Lydekker:  Nicholson, Henry Alleyne . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Suppl. 1, Volume 1:  Abbott-Childers. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1901, pp 227 - 229 (English).
  13. ^ A b Message about the nomination of James Ritchie as Regius Professor of Natural History. In: Nature , August 30, 1930; accessed on August 11, 2014.
  14. ↑ Sir John Arthur Thomson on infoplease.com; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  15. ^ Presentation of John Arthur Thomson on giffordlectures.org; accessed on May 26, 2016.
  16. ↑ a b Papers of JH Sang  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the University of Edinburgh website; accessed on August 11, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk  
  17. ↑ Announcement about the nomination of James Ritchie to succeed JH Ash. In: Nature , July 25, 1936; accessed on August 11, 2014.
  18. ↑ Sahotra Sarkar: Perspectives - Anecdotal, Historical And Critical Commentaries on Genetics . (PDF) Eds. James F. Crow and William F. Dove. 1995; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  19. ^ Scottish Office, Whitehall, 6th January 1937 . In: London Gazette , January 8, 1937; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  20. ↑ Milo Keynes: Lancelot Hogben, FRS (1895-1975). ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Galton Institute, 2002; accessed on August 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galtoninstitute.org.uk
  21. ^ A b Scottish Home Department. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , January 8, 1946; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  22. ^ Scottish Home Department, Edinburgh. February 28th, 1942. In: The London Gazette , March 6th, 1942 ;; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  23. ↑ Sir Alister Clavering Hardy on answers.com; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  24. ↑ Sir Alister Clavering Hardy. Oxford Index; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  25. ^ A b c David Hay: God's Biologist. A Life of Alister Hardy. In: University of Aberdeen website. The Communications Team, Directorate of External Relations, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeenn, May 31, 2011, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  26. ^ A b Paul Adrian Racey: Obituary George Dunnet. In: The Independent , September 25, 1995; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  27. ↑ a b Scottish Office Education Department. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , March 16, 1993; Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  28. ^ Paul Racey's profile on the University of Exeter website; accessed on August 5, 2014.
  29. ↑ a b Communication on the appointment of Christopher John Secombes as Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen. In: London Gazette , February 21, 2014.
  30. ↑ Profile of Christopher Secombes ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the University of Aberdeen website; accessed on August 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aberdeenfertility.org.uk