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Alexander Bryson FRSE FGS FRSSA FSAScot FRPSE (1816–1866) was a Scottish biologist, geologist and horologist who served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (1860–61) and as president of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863). ==Life== He was born on 12 October 1816 in Edinburgh, the son of Robert Bryson FRSE (1778-1852), a watchmaker, and Janet Gillespie (1788-1858). He attended the High School in Edinburgh then trained as a watchmaker and entered the family business, then renamed Robert Bryson & Son.〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 His first wife, Elizabeth W. Gillespie (possibly a cousin) bore him two children who died in infancy and died 10 April 1855 aged 44. His second wife, Catherine M. Cuthbertson, also died young in September 1859, aged only 32. He was President of the Royal Scottish Society of Antiquarians 1860-1861. He was President of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh in 1863. He was also a member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Geological Society. In 1858 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died on 7 December 1866 at Hawkhill House, a country villa between Leith and Edinburgh. He is buried in New Calton Cemetery with his two wives next to his parents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Bryson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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