Person Kidston; Robert (1852 - 1924); botanist and palaeobotanist Kidston Robert botanist and palaeobotanist 1852 - 1924 British Male Bishopton House, Renfrewshire, Scotland 29 June 1852 18520629 Gilfachgoch, Glamorgan, Wales 13/07/1924 19240713 Burial: Logie Churchyard, Stirling, Scotland

12 Clarendon Place, Stirling, Scotland

botanist and palaeobotanist Botany Education: : High School, Stirling; Botany,Edinburgh University; LL.D (Hon Glasgow 1908), D Sc(Hon Manchester 1921). Career: Studied Rhynie chert and worked for the British Geological Survey; catalogued the Palaeozoic plant collection of the British Museum (Natural History) (1883-1886). Memberships: FGS FRSE (1878) Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1909-1916) Royal Society of Edinburgh VP (1917-1920) Awards/Medals: Neill Prize (1886-9) Murchison Medal (1916) Parents: Robert Alexander Kidston, a Glasgow businessman, and Mary Anne Meigh. Spouse: Agnes Marion Christian Oliphant (1898). Children: Hannah and Marjory. Laid the foundations for a modern understanding of the taxonomy and palaeobiology of Devonian and Carboniferous plants. Fellow 05/06/1902 50 Benjamin Neeve Peach; John Horne; Ramsay Heatley Traquair; Harry Govier Seeley Henry Woodward; William Turner Thiselton-Dyer; Dukinfield Henry Scott; Archibald Geikie; Albert Charle Seward; Frederick Orpen Bower; Isaac Bayley Balfour; James William Helenus Trail; James Murdoch Geikie Sources: Bulloch's Roll; ' Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002' [URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf; last accessed: 21/02/2024] Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1925 vol 98 pp xiv-xxii, plate, signed by W H L International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Kidston%2C+Robert RCN 50449 RCN 14825 29 Jun 1852 - 13 Jul 1924 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 21/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA2168 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 21/02/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 6fe79b25-a6ae-4329-b759-af1374940e26