| Authorised form of name | Croll; James (1821 - 1890) |
| Dates | 1821 - 1890 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 02 January 1821 |
| Place of death | Perth |
| Date of death | 15 December 1890 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
LLD (1876, St Andrews)
Career:
Apprenticed to a wheelwright; worked as a joiner at Banchory; opened a shop in Elgin; opened a temeperance hotel in Blairgowrie (1852); agent for the Safety Light Assurance Company; Keeper, Andersonian University and Museum, Glasgow (1859); Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland (1867-1880); retired due to ill health
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1876 |
| Relationships | Son of David Croll, stonemason of Little Whitefield, Perthshire and his wife Janet Ellis of Elgin; married Isabella, daughter of John Macdonald of Forres |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/17618894 |
| Code | NA6453 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/4/1000 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster | 17 December 1890 |
| NLB/8/737 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Archibald Geikie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 December 1893 |
| NLB/10/783 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Campbell Irons, 22 York Place, Edinburgh | 5 February 1895 |
| NLB/10/811 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to James Campbell Irons, 22 York Place, Edinburgh | 8 February 1895 |
| MC/10/405 | Letter from James Croll, Edinburgh, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 7 June 1876 |
| MC/14/61 | Letter from James Croll, Strathaven, to [Thomas Henry] Huxley, President of the Royal Society | 4 July 1885 |
| IM/000997 | Croll, James | 2001 |
| EC/1876/08 | Croll, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10/404 | Letter from James Croll, Geological Survey, Edinburgh, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 5 June 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/12/149 | Letter from James Croll, 21 St Catherine's Place, Edinburgh, to [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 February 1881 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |