David Chalmers (Scottish industrialist)

David Chalmers
Born1820 (1820)
Glasgow, Scotland
Died2 May 1899(1899-05-02) (aged 78–79)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Other namesDavid Chalmers of Redhall
OccupationScottish papermaker

David Chalmers, styled David Chalmers of Redhall, FRSE FSA (1820–2 May 1899) was a Scottish industrialist. He was heavily involved in paper manufacture, founding his own company of David Chalmers & Co,[1] and by the late 19th century was the sole owner of Cowan & Co Paperworks.

Life

He was born in Glasgow in 1820 the son of Charles Chalmers, founder of Merchiston Castle School in south-west Edinburgh. Consequently, he was educated at that school, and then at the University of Edinburgh

In 1860 he is shown as owning the paper-mill of Katesmill in Colinton, Edinburgh.[2] He lived adjacent, in Kate's Mill House.[3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1866.

In later life he lived in Redhall House in south-west Edinburgh, where he also ran a papermill.[4]

He died on 2 May 1899.

References

  1. ^ "Coplan-Crossby - Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI) - National Library of Scotland". nls.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ "The Edinburgh Gazette" (PDF). 17 February 1860. p. 276. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ "List of the Ordinary Fellows of the Society". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 26 (1): xi–xiii. 1870. doi:10.1017/S008045680002648X. ISSN 2053-5945.
  4. ^ "Connected Histories". connectedhistories.org. Retrieved 25 September 2015.


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