Sir David Orme Masson 1858 - 1937
Sir David Orme Masson , MASSON, SIR DAVID ORME. 13/01/1858-10/08/1937. Ref: 1713. Male. Titles and British Honours: KBE(1923), CBE(1918). Place of Birth: London. Place of Death: Melbourne, Australia. Profession: Chemist. Appointments Held: Demonstrator 1880-, Chemistry, Bristol University; Research-1886, Edinburgh University; Professor 1886-1923, Chemistry, Melbourne University, Australia. Schools and Tutors: The Edinburgh Academy 1868-72. Undergraduate Studies: MA(Edinburgh 1877), B Sc(Edinburgh 1880). Postgraduate Studies: D Sc(Edinburgh 1884), LL.D(Hon Edinburgh 1924). Marital Status: Married (1886) Mary Struthers. Family: son Sir James Irvine Orme Masson FRSE 1887-1962. Mother: Emily Rosaline Orme. Father: David Mather Masson FRSE 1822-1907, Historiographer Royal For Scotland. Other Family: son-in-law of John Struthers FRSE 1823-1899 and brother-in-law of Simon Somerville Laurie FRSE 1829- 1909. Uncle of John Masson Gulland FRSE 1898-1947. References: DNB, 1931-40, 1949, 602-4; Obituary Notices of Fellows Of The Royal Society, 2 455-64 signed A.C.D.Rivett (portrait); Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 58, 1937-38, 277; Who Was Who 3. Memberships: FRS (1903), Australian Chemical Institute(President 1917-20), Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria. Date of Election: 02/03/1885. Proposers: Alexander Crum Brown, Sir Arthur Mitchell, Sir John Murray, Peter Guthrie Tait (Billet 19/1,2/2, 16/2/1885). Fellow Type: OF.
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Born: London, , , England 13th Jan 1858 | Baptised:
| Died: Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia 10th Aug 1937 | Buried:
| Family: Masson |
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Census
- 1861 census (grandson - 81, Avenue Road, Hampstead, London, , , England)
- 1871 census (son - Regent Terrace, 10, South Leith, Leith, Scotland)
- 1881 census (lodger - 4 Aberdeen etrrace, Westbury on Trym, Gloucs., , England)
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Timeline
13th Jan 1858 | Born (birth) London, England | 1861 | Grandson in 1861 census (census) London, England | 1871 | Son in 1871 census (census) Leith, Scotland | 3rd Apr 1881 | Lodger in 1881 census (census) Westbury on Trym, Gloucs., England | 5th Aug 1886 | Married Mary Struthers
(Masson ) 1863 - 1945 (marriage) Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Sotland | 10th Aug 1937 | Died (death) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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