| 词条 | James Ritchie (naturalist) |
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LifeHe was born on 27 May 1882 in Port Elphinstone in Aberdeenshire the son of James Ritchie, the local schoolmaster. He was educated at Gordon's College in Aberdeen then studied Science at Aberdeen University. In 1916 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin, James Cossar Ewart, James Hartley Ashworth and Cargill Gilston Knott. He won the Society's Keith Prize for the period 1941-43. He served as Secretary 1928-31; Vice President 1931-34, 1940-43 and 1951-54; and President 1954-58.[2] From 1921 to 1930 he was Keeper of Natural History at the Royal Scottish Museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh. In 1930 he left Edinburgh to take up a post of Professor of Natural History at Aberdeen University but returned to Edinburgh in 1936 when he gained the same chair at Edinburgh University. He retired in 1952 and died on 19 October 1958. He left his collection of 266 hydroids to the Royal Scottish Museum.[3] FamilyHe was married to Jessie Jane Elliot (d.1933). Their children included the physiologist Anthony Elliot Ritchie FRSE. Publications
Artistic RecognitionHis painting, by Alfred Edward Borthwick hangs at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[4] References{{wikisource author}}1. ^'RITCHIE, James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 May 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ritchie, James}}2. ^{{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_indexp2.pdf}} 3. ^https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-royal-society-of-edinburgh-section-b-biological-sciences/article/iithe-hydroid-collections-of-james-ritchie/34C215989F43D52B97C3C79B4E174457 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/james-ritchie-18821958-frse-186214|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706214542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/james-ritchie-18821958-frse-186214|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2013-07-06|title=James Ritchie (1882–1958), FRSE {{!}} Art UK Art UK {{!}} Discover Artworks James Ritchie (1882–1958), FRSE|last=CMS|first=Keepthinking-Qi|access-date=2016-11-08}} 8 : 1882 births|1958 deaths|People from Aberdeenshire|Alumni of the University of Aberdeen|Academics of the University of Aberdeen|Academics of the University of Edinburgh|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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