William Mair FRSE FCS (1868-1948) was a Scottish pharmacist and manufacturing chemist.
Life
editHe 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.
Publications
edit- Pharmacy in Norway (1921)[4]
Family
editHe was married to Isabella Jane Urquhart (d.1932).
References
edit- ^ Dundee Post Office Directory 1868
- ^ "Fletcher, Fletcher and Co - Graces Guide".
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Chemist and Druggist (periodical) vol 95
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