David James Brown
1831/2–1913
Scottish baker and geologist. Trade premises at 55 Clerk Street and 161 High Street, Edinburgh, and, later, 44 Leven Street. Author of several papers on the Silurian and glacial geology of southern Scotland. Fellow of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1863–74; member of council, 1874.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1911 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG14/30756)
Census returns of Scotland 1881 (The National Archives of Scotland: Edinburgh St Cuthberts 84/2), 1881 (Moffat 6/32), 1891 (Moffat 6/31), 1901 (Moffat 6/5)
List of the Edinburgh Geological Society.
Post Office Edinburgh directory 1863–77
Royal Society catalogue of scientific papers
Bibliography
List of the Edinburgh Geological Society: List of the members of the Edinburgh Geological Society. (Corrected to 14th May 1874.) Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society 2 (1874) pt. 3, Appendix, pp. i–vii.
Post Office Edinburgh directory: Post-Office annual directory and calendar. Post-Office Edinburgh and Leith directory. Edinburgh: Ballantyne & Hughes [and others]. 1845–1908.
Royal Society catalogue of scientific papers: Catalogue of scientific papers (1800–1900). Compiled and published by the Royal Society of London. 19 vols. and index (3 vols.). London: Royal Society of London. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1867–1925.
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