Prof Donald Neil McArthur FRSE FRIC (1892-1965) was a 20th-century Scottish chemist who served as the Director of the Macaulay Institute for Soil Science from 1948 to 1958.
He was born in Glasgow on 2 August 1892 the son of Donald McArthur, a coal trader and ship owner, and his wife Anne Dewar. The family lived at 15 Maxwell Drive in Glasgow. [1] He was educated at Allan Glen's School then studied chemistry at Glasgow University graduating BSc in 1913.
He went to work at the West of Scotland College of Agriculture first as a Lecturer and was promoted to Professor following his award of a doctorate in 1928. [2] In 1945 he moved to the Macaulay Institute near Aberdeen, becoming its Director in 1948.
In 1929 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Montagu F. Drummond, Alexander Lauder, Sir James Walker and George Barger. [3]
In 1953 he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
He died in Edinburgh on 23 August 1965.
He married Anne Videon Brough.
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