Robert Jameson
British scientist (1774–1854)
Died aged 79CancerUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Biography
Robert Jameson FRS FRSE (11 July 1774 – 19 April 1854) was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist.
As Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh for fifty years, developing his predecessor John Walker's concepts based on mineralogy into geological theories of Neptunism which held sway into the 1830s. Jameson is notable for his advanced scholarship, and his museum collection. The minerals and fossils collection of the Museum of Edinburgh University became one of the largest in Europe during Jameson's long tenure at the university.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Regius Professor of Natural History
Employers / organisations
- University of Edinburgh
Awards & honours (2)
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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- Robert Jameson died on April 19, 1854 at the age of 79.
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- Robert Jameson was born on July 11, 1774.
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- Robert Jameson was born in Leith.
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- Robert Jameson's zodiac sign is Cancer.
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- Robert Jameson is a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain.
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