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Sir Thomas Jamieson Boyd DL FRSE (1818–1902) publisher and philanthropist, was Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1877 to 1882. He was the catalyst behind the building of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Lauriston Place. ==Life== See〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 Thomas was born on 22 February 1818 at 16 Charlotte Street〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/sir-thomas-jamieson-boyd-18181902-186180〕 in Leith, then an independent burgh, north of Edinburgh. He was the eldest of three sons of John Boyd, corn merchant, and Anne Jamieson, daughter of Thomas Jamieson. At an early age he entered the renowned Edinburgh printing/publishing company of Oliver & Boyd, at that point run by his uncle, George Boyd. Thomas became the managing partner in 1843. He was senior partner from 1869 to 1894 (his retiral). His brothers, John Boyd and Thomson Boyd were junior partners in the firm. The great profitability of this company freed Thomas, enabling him to undertake many public-minded projects.〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Boyd〕 In the 1870s he transformed the Merchant School system in Edinburgh, combining many functions with the Industrial Schools, and transferring the upper level education of merchants to Edinburgh University through creation of a new Professorship. In the same time period he undertook the raising of funds for, and planning of, a new Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, a nine-year project. In 1871 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (proposed by Robert Christison). In 1875 he was elected a city councillor (serving the St Leonards district) and in 1877 was made Lord Provost of Edinburgh. During this period he instructed major rebuilding of Leith Docks, including a new deep water wet dock, the Edinburgh Dock, opened in July 1881. He was knighted on 25 August 1881, by Queen Victoria, largely as a result of these several major public works.〔Burke’s Peerage〕 In 1896, on Thomas’s retiral, Oliver & Boyd was bought over by James Thin, but the name continued to live on. Thomas died at home, 41 Moray Place in the west end of Edinburgh on 22 August 1902. He is buried in Dean Cemetery. 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「Thomas Jamieson Boyd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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