Regius Professor of Natural History (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 |
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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
- ↑ a b c Prestigious 'royal' post for Professor . University of Aberdeen, February 26, 2014; accessed on August 7, 2014.
- ↑ 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 ).
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Officers of the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, 1593-1860 , pp. 46–50.
- ^ JH Calaby: MacGillivray, John (1821-1867) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 2. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1967 (English).
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- ^ A Biography of William MacGillivray - Internet Archive
- ↑ James Williams, WF Cormack: Transactions of the Dumfrieseshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society . Dumfries, 1992, pp. 95, ISSN 0141-1292 .
- ^ 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).
- ↑ a b Ewart, George Arthur (1886–1942) on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online; accessed on June 21, 2017.
- ↑ a b Scottish Office, Whitehall, April 20, 1899. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , April 21, 1899; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ^ Henry Alleyne Nicholson on theodora.com; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ↑ Sir John Arthur Thomson on infoplease.com; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ^ Presentation of John Arthur Thomson on giffordlectures.org; accessed on May 26, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Announcement about the nomination of James Ritchie to succeed JH Ash. In: Nature , July 25, 1936; accessed on August 11, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ^ Scottish Office, Whitehall, 6th January 1937 . In: London Gazette , January 8, 1937; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ^ A b Scottish Home Department. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , January 8, 1946; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ^ Scottish Home Department, Edinburgh. February 28th, 1942. In: The London Gazette , March 6th, 1942 ;; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ Sir Alister Clavering Hardy on answers.com; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ Sir Alister Clavering Hardy. Oxford Index; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ^ 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 .
- ^ A b Paul Adrian Racey: Obituary George Dunnet. In: The Independent , September 25, 1995; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ a b Scottish Office Education Department. In: The Edinburgh Gazette , March 16, 1993; Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ^ Paul Racey's profile on the University of Exeter website; accessed on August 5, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.