William Ivison Macadam
| William Ivison Macadam | |
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| Col. Royal Scots Forth Volunteer Infantry Brigade & Col. 1st Lothians | |
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| Born |
William Ivison Macadam 27 January 1856 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died |
24 June 1902 (aged 46) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Maconochie Macdonald |
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| Occupation | Scottish Scientist (analytical chemistry), Professor and Academic Author |
Colonel William Ivison Macadam VD FRSE FSA FIC FCS FRSSA (27 January 1856 – 24 June 1902)
Colonel Professor W. Ivison Macadam was a prominent Scottish scientist (analytical chemist), academic author and antiquarian. He was also Colonel of the 1st Lothian Volunteer Infantry Brigade and a leading Freemason. He was generally known by his middle name Ivison.
On 24 June 1902, aged forty-six, he was shot and killed, along with a student, by a mentally disturbed gunman in his own laboratory at Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh.
The Scotsman ran a contemporary view of him the day after his death: "Few men were more widely known in Edinburgh or more affectionately regarded than was Colonel Ivison Macadam. He was a man of varied interests. To scientific men he was known as a clever and highly qualified analytical chemist, an able and interesting lecturer on that subject, and a prominent and useful member of learned societies. Among Freemasons he was known as one of the most enthusiastic members of the craft, and a leading officer in many of its orders. But it was as a Volunteer that he is most widely known to the general public. Latterly his appointment as brigade-major for the 1st Lothian Volunteer Brigade brought him in touch with both the regular and the volunteer officers of the district, and by all he was admired and respected alike for his genial personal qualities, his sound military instincts and accomplishments, his organising abilities, and his capacity for hard work. The tragedy of his death was deepened by the fact that it came on the day when he was to command a special representative Volunteer Battalion to take part in the Coronation celebrations.
He was born at 11 Brandon Street, a townhouse near the Water of Leith in Edinburgh’s Second New Town. He was the eldest son of Stevenson Macadam. The family moved to Brighton House, 25 Brighton Place in Portobello when he was four years old.
He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and The Edinburgh Collegiate School and at Heidelberg University, Germany(where he studied with Professor Robert Bunsen inventor of the Bunsen Burner)
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