James Andrew Robbie

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". ...

FGS (1910–1977) was a 20th century Scottish geologist. He was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1971 to 1973.

Life

He was born in

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in 1910. He studied Science at

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graduating BSc in 1934. In 1935 he was appointed an official Geologist with HM Geological Survey. In the

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he served in the

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. In 1968 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

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, James Phemister,

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James Ernest Richey James Ernest Richey (24 April 1886 – 19 June 1968) was an Irish-born geologist. Life He was born on 24 April 1886 in Desertcreat in County Tyrone in Ireland, the son of Rev John Richey, rector of the local church. His later education was at ...

Frederick Henry Stewart Sir Frederick Henry Stewart (16 January 1916 – 9 December 2001) was a Scottish geologist and academic who was a professor at the University of Edinburgh. Background Stewart was born in Aberdeen on 16 January 1916, the son of Frederick Robe ...

, and

Archibald Gordon MacGregor Archibald Gordon MacGregor MC FRSE FGS (1894-19 December 1986) was a 20th century geologist of Scots descent. He was Assistant Director of the British Geological Survey. Friends knew him as Archie MacGregor. Early life and education He was b ...

. He served as Vice President to the Society 1975 to 1977. He was elected a Fellow of the

Royal Astronomical Society The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charitable organisation, charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, planetary science, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. Its ...

in 1931. He was President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1934/5. In 1959 he was promoted to District Geologist for the Northern Ireland section. He then served as President of the Belfast Geologists Society. In 1967 he left HM Geological Survey to take on the role of Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences in Edinburgh. He died on 19 May 1977.

Publications

*''Geology of the Country around

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'' (1961) *''Geology of the Country around Ballycastle'' (1966)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robbie, James Andrew 1910 births 1977 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Scottish geologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh People from Laurencekirk Fellows_of_the_Geological_Society_of_London