| 词条 | Robert Wilson Dron |
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Robert Wilson Dron FRSE MA MICE PIME (1869-1932) was a Scottish geologist and mining engineer, writing many authoritative books on coal-mining. He was Professor of Mining Technology at the University of Glasgow. He was founder of the mining company R W Dron & Sons. He served as President of the Mining Institute of Scotland from 1923 to 1925. LifeHe was born in Glasgow in 1869, the son of Alexander Dron a manufacturing engineer. In 1893 he appears as Manager of the Coal and Fire Clay Mine in Provanhall near Glasgow, owned by R & J Mather.[1] In 1901 he founded R W Dron & Sons, having offices at 55 West Regent Street in Glasgow. At this time he lived in a large mansion: Utica on Thorn Drive/Westbourne Drive in Bearsden.[2] He was a member of the Glasgow Geological Society. He advised on mining in various foreign locations from the Caucasus Mountains to Spitzbergen, andfrom Nova Scotia to California.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1917. His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Sir John Smith Flett and Thomas James Jehu.[4] In 1922 he was appointed Professor of Mining at Glasgow University and continued this role until death. The university awarded him an honorary degree (MA) in recognition of his work. He died at home in Bearsden on 16 April 1932. Publications
References1. ^http://www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk/provanhall-fire-clay-works-shettleston/ {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dron, Robert Wilson}}2. ^Glasgow Post Office Directory 1901-02 3. ^Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1932, p449 4. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 9 : 1869 births|1932 deaths|Scottish mining engineers|People from Glasgow|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Scottish geologists|Scottish non-fiction writers|Scottish businesspeople|Academics of the University of Glasgow |
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