William Mair (chemist)

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William Mair FRSE FCS (1868-1948) was a Scottish pharmacist and manufacturing chemist.

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Life

He was born in Osborne Place in Dundee in 1868, the son of Thomas Mair a builder. [1] Around 1890 he is working in the pharmacy of Dundee Royal Infirmary.

He was the main Scottish representative to the London chemical company Fletcher Fletcher & Co. [2]

In 1931 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Pharmaceutical Association. In 1939 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Ralph Stockman, James Pickering Kendall, Hugh Ferguson Watson, Robert Taylor Skinner and George Merson. [3]

He died on 1 December 1948.

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Family

He was married to Isabella Jane Urquhart (d.1932).

References

  1. ↑ Dundee Post Office Directory 1868
  2. ↑ "Fletcher, Fletcher and Co - Graces Guide".
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN   0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. ↑ The Chemist and Druggist (periodical) vol 95


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