| Authorised form of name | Broom; Robert (1866 - 1951) |
| Dates | 1866 - 1951 |
| Nationality | British |
| South African |
| Place of birth | 66 Back Sneddon Street, Paisley, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 30 November 1866 |
| Place of death | Pretoria, South Africa, Africa |
| Date of death | 06/04/1951 |
| Occupation | Doctor; palaeontologist |
| Research field | Palaeontology |
| Activity | Education:
University of Galsgow 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
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/05/1920 |
| Age at election | 53 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1928
Lectures:
Croonian 1913 |
| Published works | '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 |
| Sources | 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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/40137076 |
| Royal Society code | NA6030 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/48/269 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Robert Broom | 6 June 1913 |
| NLB/50/316 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr R Broom | 15 June 1914 |
| NLB/48/107 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Robert] Broom | 19 May 1913 |
| NLB/48/198 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Robert Broom | 30 May 1913 |
| NLB/48/166 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Robert Broom | 27 May 1913 |
| NLB/50/696 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr R Broom, 2 Norfolk House, Brixton Oval, S.W. | 15 October 1914 |
| RR/39/41 | Referee's report by Arthur Keith, on a paper 'On the structure of the mammal-like reptiles of the sub-order Gorgonopsia' by Robert Broom | [July 1929] |
| NLB/59/611 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Robert] Broom, FRS | 25 October 1920 |
| RR/39/42 | Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'On the structure of the mammal-like reptiles of the sub-order Gorgonopsia' by Robert Broom | [July 1929] |
| RR/55/65 | Referee's report by David Meredith Seares Watson, on a paper 'On the structure of the skull in the mammal-like reptiles of the suborder therocephalia' by Robert Broom | May 1935 |
| NLB/57/881 | Copy letter from unknown correspondent; to unknown correspondent | 26 February 1920 |
| NLB/72/145 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Robert] Broom, FRS | 22 April 1929 |
| NLB/71/914 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, WC2 | 7 December 1928 |
| NLB/71/781 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Keeper, H.M. Privy Purse | 1 November 1928 |
| NLB/71/880 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, H.M. Privy Purse, Buckingham Palace, SW1 | 27 November 1928 |
| NLB/71/892 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the High Commissioner for South Africa, Trafalgar Square, WC2 | 1 December 1928 |
| NLB/72/932 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Robert] Broom, FRS | 5 July 1930 |
| EC/1920/03 | Broom, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/21/35 | Referee's report by Reginald Innes Pocock, on the Croonian Lecture 'On the origin of mammals' by Robert Broom | [May 1914] |
| RR/21/34 | Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on the Croonian Lecture 'On the origin of mammals' by Robert Broom | [May 1914] |
| MC/28/28 | Letter from [Robert] Broom, Germiston, Transvaal, to the [Assistant Secretary], [Royal Society] | 30 March 1913 |