Ms lecture notes on the 'Plant and its Food' by Stevenson Macadam (1829-1901), Lecturer Professor of Chemistry, Edinburgh

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1669
• Dates of Creation:1855-1859
• Name of Creator:
  Macadam, Stevenson, 1829-1901, chemist
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 boarded folder

• Scope and Content

  Ms botanical lecture notes with diagram entitled The plant and its food by Stevenson Macadam. octo, 7pp. 'Britannia' watermarks.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Stevenson Macadam was born in Glasgow in 1829. he studied at the Glasgow Mechanics' Institution and then at the University of Giessen where he was awarded the degree of Ph.D.

  For a time he worked with Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (1811-1899) the German chemist, and in 1853 he became a member of the Chemical Society of London. He was a Lecturer and Professor in Chemistry at Edinburgh University, the Edinburgh School of Medicine, and at Surgeons' Hall (the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh).

• Access Information

  Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.

• Acquisition Information

  Material acquired August 2015. Accession no: E2015.70.

• Other Finding Aids

  None created for this collection.

• Archivist's Note

  Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 16 November 2015

• Subjects

  Botany

• Personal Names

  Macadam, Stevenson, 1829-1901, chemist