Person Broom; Robert (1866 - 1951) Broom Robert 1866 - 1951 British South African Male 66 Back Sneddon Street, Paisley, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom 30 November 1866 18661130 Pretoria, South Africa, Africa 06/04/1951 19510406

Doctor; palaeontologist Palaeontology Education: University of Glasgow MD (1895), DSc (1905); CMZS Career: Practiced medicine in Australia (1895-1897); settled in South Africa (1897); Professor of zoology and geology, Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa (1903-1910); established medical practice in Karoo, South Africa; Keeper of vertebrate palaeontology, South African Museum, Cape Town; spiritualist who believed in spiritual evolution Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1928 Lectures: Croonian 1913 Fellow 13/05/1920 53 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Wikipedia Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 37-70, plate, by D M S Watson 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 'The origin of the human skeleton: an introduction to human osteology' 1930; 'The mammal-like reptiles of South Africa and the origin of mammals' 1932; 'The coming of man: was it accident or design?' 1933; 'The South African fossil ape-man: the Australopithecinae' 1946; 'Sterkfontein ape-man Plesianthropus' 1949; 'Finding the missing link' 1950 30 Nov 1866 - 6 Apr 1951 NA6030 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 16/05/2025 RS_NET\rupert Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/40137076 d20f3951-bef9-46c8-a530-785439716d96