Stevenson Macadam
| Stevenson Macadam | |
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| A founder of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (now the Royal Society of Chemistry) | |
| A founder of the Society of Chemical Industry | |
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Stevenson Macadam 27 April 1829 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died |
24 January 1901 (aged 71) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Jessie Andrew Ivison (1834-1912) |
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| Occupation | Scottish Analytical Chemist, Lecturer Edinburgh University, 'Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
Stevenson Macadam FRSE FIC FCS FSSA (27 April 1829 – 24 January 1901) was a Scottish scientist, analytical chemist, lecturer, academic author and part of a small dynasty of Scottish chemical scientists including his elder half-brother William Macadam, full brother Dr. John Macadam and two sons, William Ivison Macadam and Stevenson J. C. G. Macadam and granddaughter Elison A. Macadam.
He was a founding member of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain (now the Royal Society of Chemistry) and a founding member of the Society of Chemical Industry. He was also a President of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts. He was a prominent lecturer in chemistry at institutions in Edinburgh, including Edinburgh University and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh veterinary colleges. He also had a large analytical chemical consulting practise.
Stevenson Macadam was born at North Bank in Glasgow on 27 April 1829, one of four sons and four daughters (the eldest being a half brother). He married on 23 April 1855 in Neilston, Renfrew, Scotland Jessie Andrew Ivison
His father was William Macadam (1783-1853) and his mother was his father's second wife Helen Stevenson (1803-1857).
His father was a prominent Glasgow businessman who owned a mill and textile printing works in Kilmarnock. He and his fellow industrialists in the craft around Glasgow had developed the expertise in chemistry processes for the large scale industrial printing of fabrics for which these plants in the area became well known, both for domestic and foreign supply.
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