Alexander Normand

Alexander Norman
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Scientific career
InstitutionsWilson College, Mumbai

Prof Alexander Robert Normand FRSE FRSGS (4 March 1880–18 July 1958) was a Scottish chemist and geologist.[1]

Life

He was born in Edinburgh on 4 March 1880 the son of James Normand of Kirkton Lodge in Murrayfield.[2] He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh then studied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MA BSc, followed by a PhD.

In 1934 he became Professor of Chemistry at Wilson College in Bombay (now Mumbai). In the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Pickering Kendall, John Edwin Mackenzie, Thomas Bolam and Ernest Bowman Ludlam.[3]

He died at 33 Moray Place, Edinburgh on 18 July 1958.

Family

In 1909 he married Margaret Elizabeth Murray.

References

  1. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1880
  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 3 November 2017.


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