William M'Intosh: Difference between revisions

McIntosh worked initially as an asylum doctor and was Director of the Perthshire District Asylum at [[Murthly]] for 18eighteen years,. butHe later became a renowned botanist and marine biologist. He, travelledtravelling on [[HMS Challenger (1858)|HMS Challenger]] during the [[Challenger expedition]] of 1872 to 1876. He was Professor of Natural History at [[St Andrews University]] from 1882 to 1917, succeeded by [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]]. He was also Director of the University Museum and was the first director of the University's [[Gatty Marine Laboratory]] (founded 1896). McIntosh was also a Fellow of the [[Linnean Society of London]], a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]], and a Corresponding Member of the [[Zoological Society of London|Zoological Society]]. He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 1877,<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1098/rspb.1932.0031 | title = Obituary Notices | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 110 | issue = 768 | pages = i–c | year = 1932 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref> and was awarded the Royal Society's [[Royal Medal]] in 1899: ''"For his important monographs on British marine zoology and on the fishing industries."'' He was awarded the [[Linnean Medal]] in 1924.