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Douglas Miller Reid

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Douglas Miller Reid FRSE FLS FZS (1897–1959) was a 20th-century Scottish schoolmaster and noted amateur botanist and botanical author.

Life

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He was born in Motherwell on 25 November 1897 and educated at Motherwell Academy.

In 1918, aged only 21, he became a Member of the Linnean Society of London, later being elected a Fellow (FLS). From 1921 until 1953 he was Biology Master of Harrow School. He was also Curator of the Butler Museum.[1]

In 1942 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Edward Hindle, Alexander Condie Stephen, Edward Wyllie Fenton and John Berry.[2]

He died suddenly on 4 September 1959 at his home, House of Stoer near Lairg in Sutherland in northern Scotland.

Publications

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  • Animal Classification and Distribution (1925)
  • Introduction to Biology
  • Botany for the Gardener (1966)

References

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  1. ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1960
  2. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.