Thomas Stephenson (chemist)
Thomas Stephenson FRSE FCS (1864–29 October 1938) was a Scottish chemist and pharmacist. He was founder and editor of "The Prescriber", a magazine focussing on pharmacists needs.[1]
Life[edit]
He was born in 1864 at 37 George Street in Edinburgh's New Town[2] the son of John B. Stephenson a chemist with James Robertson & Co. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution.
He trained as a chemist and joined his father, who had set up his own business, at 48 Frederick Street. The family then moved to 8 Belford Terrace[3] near Dean Village.
In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Frederick Orpen Bower, Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, Robert McNair Ferguson, and Leonard Dobbin.[4] By this time he was Editor of "The Prescriber" magazine, and had a shop at 137 George Street in the city centre, and was living at 9 Woodburn Terrace, a flat in the Morningside district.[5]
In 1916 "The Prescriber" had offices at 6 South Charlotte Street off Charlotte Square.[6]
Thomas was a member of Rotary International.
He died in Edinburgh on 29 October 1938.
References[edit]
- ^ "About Us". Prescriber. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1864
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1890
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911
- ^ The Rotarian (journal) Dec 1916
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