Prof. Arthur (Coco) Pillans Laurie 1861 - 1949
Prof. Arthur (Coco) Pillans Laurie , He spent a term or two at Bell School owned by his Hibburd aunts. Educ. Edinburgh Academy, Edin., Edin. Univ., and King's College Cambridge where he took a first in the Natural Science Tripos in 1884. Later he was Fellow of King's College and was appointed principal of the Heriot-Watt college in Edinburgh (in 1900). A. P. Laurie, M.S., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.C.S. Principal Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh: Professor of Chemistry to the Royal Academy (1922). Lecturer - chemistry (1891). Publ. Facts About Processes, Pigments, And Vehicles A Manual For Art Students , 1895 Greek And Roman Methods of Painting Some Comments on the Statements Made by Pliny And Vitruvius About wall and panel painting , 1910 The Materials Of The Painter's Craft In Europe And Egypt From Earliest Times To The End Of The XVIIth century, with some account of their preparation and use ... , 1910 The Technique Of The Great Painters , 1949 1881 census recorded as Student of Arts Registered in St. Andrews, Edinburgh - GRO(S) SI Order no. 11068649. 7 Who's who in science : (International) / Stephenson, H. H.. - London. - 1913 Cambs. Alumni entry reads: Laurie, Arthur Pillans. College: KING'S Entered: Michs. 1881 Born: Died: Adm. at KING'S, Oct. 13, 1881. [Eldest s. of Professor Simon S., Professor of Education in Edinburgh University. B. Nov. 6, 1861. School, Edinburgh Academy, and at Edinburgh University. Matric. Michs. 1881; exhibitioner; prizeman; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt II, 1st Class, 1884); B.A. 1885; M.A. 1889. Fellow, 1888. B.Sc., Edin., 1881; D.Sc., Edin.; LL.D., Edin. F.R.S.E. University extension lecturer, and lecturer at the People's Palace, East London. Cantor Lecturer, 1891. Member of the Home Office departmental committee on pottery manufacture, 1893. Lecturer in physics and chemistry at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, and Gilchrist Lecturer, 1895. Principal of Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh, 1900-28. Professor of Chemistry to the Royal Academy of Arts, 1912. Member of Chemical Products Supply Committee, Board of Trade, 1914. Chairman, Chemical Inventions Committee, Ministry of Munitions, 1915. Author, Scientific Investigations in Physico-Chemistry; The Food of Plants; Processes, Pigments and Vehicles; Pigments and Mediums of the Old Masters, etc. Editor of the Teacher's Encyclopaedia. Died Oct. 7, 1949. Brother of Malcolm (1889). (Edin. Acad. Reg.; Edin. Univ. Grads.; King's Coll. Reg.; Who's Who, 1945.) Heriot-Watt university holds some of his papers. See http://www.nahste.ac.uk/Project/Collections/HWColl.htm The Papers of William Henry Bragg Catalogue Ref. W.H. Bragg Creator(s): Bragg, Sir, William Henry, knight, scientist and physicist [Access Conditions] Application to view the papers should be made in writing to The Librarian, The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London WlX 4BS. [from Scope and Content] File a: 1891 to 1940; 59 items. Correspondence with Thomas H.Laby (1), P.Langevin (1), Horace Lamb (5), M.v.Laue (3), A.P.Laurie (4), A.S.C.Lawrence (7), Frank R.Lillie (1), Geoffrey Lloyd (1), Oliver Lodge (10), Kathleen Lonsdale (1), H.A.Lorentz (3), E.F.J.Love (3), F.S.A.Lowndes (1), Richard Lorenz (1), T.M.Lowry (8), E.B.Ludlam (2) Thomas R.Lyle (6), H.G.Lyons (1). Miscellaneous Correspondence FILE - File a - ref. W.H. Bragg/4A - date: 1891-1940 item: A.P.Laurie to William Bragg - ref. W.H. Bragg/4A/12 - date: 5 Feb. 1925 item: [W.H.Bragg] to A.P.Laurie - ref. W.H. Bragg/4A/13 - date: 6 Feb. 1925 \_ [from Scope and Content] If Laurie looks up the work of [Max] Born, will find interesting material about energy required to separate out the atoms of a solid. item: A.P.Laurie to W.H.Bragg - ref. W.H. Bragg/4A/14 - date: 9 Feb. 1925 item: [W.H.Bragg] to A.P.Laurie - ref. W.H. Bragg/4A/15 - date: 11 Feb. 1925 \_ [from Scope and Content] Sorry to suggest Laurie does further reading. Cannot give him a resume of the subject. Germans are keen on the subject, so suggested [Max] Born. Does not think there is a resume in English of work on atomic forces within the crystal. Pleased for Laurie to borrow ice crystal model. Royal Institution of Great Britain The Papers of Sir Lawrence Bragg 1890-1971 Catalogue Ref. W.L. BRAGG Creator(s): Bragg, Sir, William Lawrence, knight, 1890-1971, physicist and scientist [Access Conditions] The archive is open to researchers by appointment and written application should be made to the Librarian, The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1X 4BS Box 13 CONFIDENTIAL Nobel Prizes is closed until 2021 Items W.L. BRAGG/34B/130 and W.L. BRAGG/34B/131 are closed FILE - Reviews - ref. W.L. BRAGG/60A - date: 1933-1937 item: Royal Society of Edinburgh (James Kendall) to [Lawrence] Bragg - ref. W.L. BRAGG/60A/134 - date: 28 Oct. 1936 \_ [from Scope and Content] Invites Bragg to referee A.P. Laurie's paper, A spiral formula applied to the synthetic resins and similar bodies. ----------- Full title: Secondary education: volume VII: reports of the Assistant Commissioners on the counties of Surrey, Warwick, and Yorkshire, and of certain features of secondary education in the United States of America, and Canada Short title: Secondary education Corporate author: Royal Commission on Secondary Education Personal author: Headlam, James W.; Massir, John; Jones, Mrs Glynne; Laurie, A.P.; Kennedy, Miss C.L.; Findley, John J. Abstract: Local studies commissioned to provide independent accounts of provision of and relationships between schools in various areas with special attention to overlapping or conflicting provision, private/proprietary and endowed funding, working and influence of Science and Arts grants, deficiencies in supply of secondary education, and causes of decay and inefficiency of endowed schools. Additional guidelines given to 'Lady Assistant Commissioners' to address particular questions connected with girls' secondary education. Surrey. Large proportion of population from urban professional, business and clerical class which require secondary education. Present provision summarised by area, and existing schools found to be doing good work with significant input from county council which in practice 'do now act as the board of Secondary Education for the county,' and planned building further schools which would remedy much of existing deficiency in accommodation.. (pp. 13-14). Summarises recommendations for urban provision pp. 24-5, and discusses separately rural educational opportunities. Technical and evening classes well-provided by county council funding and under its control. Warwick. Variety of educational provision in area, and Birmingham especially well-provided for. Overlapping of provision only apparent in Birmingham (which was explored in detail, with special focus on relationship between King Edward schools, Mason college and technical colleges), Warwick and Coventry. Variety of private and proprietary schools detailed. Girls' education report highlights exceptionally good and adequate provision in Birmingham, which contrasts sharply with rest of county, both in quality and quantity. Recommended: endowed schools be established in Coventry, Stratford, Rugby and south, east and west of county; development of technical education for women; women governors be appointed to bodies of all schools dealing with girls; more funds for teaching of science, teachers' salaries, and university scholarships. West Riding. Variety of area means that 'almost every problem connected with the organisation of Secondary Education' to be found there. Report in two parts. First looked in detail at provision of secondary education in the county boroughs of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Almondsbury and Halifax, describing and assessing the grammar, technical and higher board schools, mechanics institutes and the Yorkshire University.. Concluded that development of bodies to coordinate secondary education in the future would have to allow considerable autonomy for the county boroughs from the county council. Secondly, looked at work of county council, including funding, and systematically surveyed the secondary schools in W.R. outside county boroughs which consisted almost entirely of local grammar schools, although several (e.g. Sedbergh, Giggleswick) had become national public schools. Also visited Ackworth Friends' School. Summary of overall findings pp. 255-268 pointed to 3 main defects in an area where secondary education was 'full of hope': inadequate teacher training; unsatisfactory science teaching, and lack of proper instruction in art. More generally, was need for education in the manufacturing districts to pay more attention to wider learning environment of children, as a step towards improving conditions of life in these areas. Report on girls' education included discussion of their careers on leaving school, extent and character of demand and provision (including contrast with boys' education provided at similar schools and comparison between endowed and private schools), and work of Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education. U.S.A. and Canada. Study carried out for comparative purposes. Report included exploration of: certain principles which characteries American education, including understanding of education at all levels as part of the same system; the kinds of schools which American system indicated were necessary for a comprehensive scheme of schooling; education authorities; teacher training; and instruction in religion and citizenship. See also: 1895, C. 7862, xliii, 1; 1895, C. 7862-I, xliv, 1; 1895, C. 7862-II, xlv,1 ; 1895, C. 7862-III, xlvi, 1; 1895, C. 7862-IV, xlvii, 1; 1895, C. 7862-V, xlviii, 1 1895, C. 7862-VII, xlix; 1895, C. 7862-VIII, xlix, 213 Tables, pictures etc: O.S. map of Warwickshire, map of West Riding showing technical instruction colleges county council areas Other features: Reports Series: Sessional papers Session: 1895 Volume number: xlviii Paper/Bill number: C.7862-VI Bound Set Start Page: 439 Total Pages: viii, 409 Publisher: HMSO Date published: 1895 Full-text URL: Not available Edited by: Brotherton Library, University of Leeds BOPCRIS Keywords: Education - General Library of Congress Subject Heading(s): Education - Great Britain Year Range: 1833-1899 URL of this record: http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/bopall/ref6144.html Source: Who Was Who Publisher: A&C Black Category: Biography Date of publication: January 2006 LAURIE, Arthur Pillans (1861-1949) Details: LAURIE, Arthur Pillans, MA Cantab.; DSc Edin.; FRSE; Hon. RSA; FCS; LLD Edin.; born 6 November 1861; eldest son of Prof. S. S. Laurie; married; one daughter. Education: Edinburgh Academy and University; University of Cambridge. First-Class Science Tripos, Cambridge, 1884; subsequently Fellow of King's College. Work: Cantor Lecturer, 1891; Member of the Home Office Departmental Committee on Pottery Manufacture, 1893; Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1895, and Gilchrist Lecturer; Examiner in Chemistry to the Royal College of Physicians, London, 1898; Examiner in Oils and Colours to the City and Guilds Institute, 1898; Assistant Commissioner to the Royal Commission on Secondary Education, 1895; Professor of Chemistry to Royal Academy of Arts, 1912; Member of Chemical Products Supply Committee, Board of Trade, 1914; Member of Panel of Scientific Experts, and Chairman of Chemical Inventions Committee, Munitions Inventions Department of Ministry of Munitions, 1915, and of Chemical Waste Products and Building Materials Committees, 1918; Member of Building Research Board Committee of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; Principal of the Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 1900-1928. Publications: Scientific Investigations in Physico-Chemistry; The Food of Plants, 1893; Processes, Pigments, and Vehicles---a Manual for Art Students, 1895; Greek and Roman Methods of Painting, 1910; Materials used in the Painter's Craft, from the Earliest Times to the End of the 17th Century, 1911; The Pigments and Mediums of the Old Masters, 1914; The Painter's Methods and Materials, 1926; A Study of Rembrandt, and His School, 1929; The Brushwork of Rembrandt and his School, 1932; Simple Rules for Painting in Oils; Pictures and Politics, 1934; New Light on Old Masters, 1935; The Technique of the Great Painters, 1949. Clubs: Athenµum. Died: 7 October 1949 he took out a US Patent for Preservation of Stone (of Edinburgh, 1926). 1901 census records him: Name: Arthur Pillano Laurie Age: 59 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Relationship: Boarder Gender: Male Where born: Edinburgh Registration Number: 685/4 Registration district: St Giles Civil Parish: Edinburgh Buccleuch County: Midlothian Address: 58 George Square Occupation: Prine Heriot Watt College ED: 56 Page: 17 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 66 Line: 2 Roll: CSSCT1901_384 Household Members: Name Age Arthur Pillano Laurie 59 Ellen Hodge Purves 42 George Wood Purves 45 Anne Troller 52 Alison J Watson 14 (actually aged 39!) ---------- Honorary Graduates of The University of Edinburgh 1929 Doctor of Laws Arthur Fillans Laurie MA, DSc, FRSE ------------------------ 'List of commissions and officials: 1890-1899 (nos. 73-102)', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 10: Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1870-1939 (1995), pp. 27-42. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16606&strquery=Laur ie. Date accessed: 07 August 2007. 88. Secondary Education in England 1894-96 App. 2 March 1894. Rep. 13 Aug 1895, C.7862 xliii. Other papers: 1895, C.7862-i-viii, xliv-xlix; 1896, C.8077, xlvi. Cost £5,329. J. Bryce; Sir J.T. Hibbert; Hon. E. Lyttelton; Sir H.E. Roscoe; E.C. Maclure; A.M. Fairbairn; R.C. Jebb; R. Wormell; H. Hobhouse; M.E. Sadler; H.L. Smith; G.J. Cockburn; C. Fenwick; J.H. Yoxall; Lady F. Cavendish; Mrs S. Bryant; Mrs E.M. Sidgwick. Secretary: Hon. W.N. Bruce. (Barrister; named in Warr.) To consider what are the best methods of establishing a well-organised system of secondary education in England, taking into account existing deficiencies and having regard to such local sources of revenue from endowment or otherwise as are available or may be made available for this purpose, and to make recommendations accordingly. (In full.) This Commission was the first to include women as full Commissioners. The Commission appointed fourteen Assistant Commissioners: R.E. Mitcheson; H.T. Gerrans; Mrs E.S. Armitage; F.E. and Mrs F.A. Kitchener; A.J. Butler; W. and Mrs E.P. Lee Warner; J. Headlam; J. Massie; Mrs G. Jones; A.P. Laurie; Miss C.L. Kennedy; JJ. Findlay, whose reports are in C.7862-v-vi. The Treasury authorised payment for only four - Gerrans, Kitchener, Butler and Laurie - at a rate of £10 a week for a period not exceeding four months. The appointment of an Assistant Secretary was refused but a sum of £7.10s. per week was granted to cover all clerical assistance on condition that no one was to receive more than £3 a week and that no copyist was to get more than 30s. a week. (PRO.H0.45/9880/B 15884) King's College Register of Admission 1925 ed.: page 128, 1881 son of Professor Simon Somerville Laurie of Edinburgh University and brother of M. Laurie of the year 1889 School Edinburgh Academy; afterwards at Edunburgh University. Admitted 13 Oct 1881; Exhibitioner; Prizeman, 2nd Class Natural Sciences Tripos Pt I, 1883 1st Class Pr II 1884 Degrees BA 1885 MA 1889 DSc (Edinburgh) Fellow 1888 was University Extension lecturer an Lecturer at people's Palace, East London; Cantor Lecturer 1891; member of Home Office Departmental Committee on Pottery Manufacture 1893; Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry at St Mary's Hospital Medical Scjhool 1895, and Gilchrist Lecturere; Examiner in Chemistry to Royalk College of Physicians, London, 1898; Examiner in Oils and Colours to the City and Guilds Institure 1898; Assistant Commissioner to teh Royal Commission on Secondary education 1785; Member of Home Office Committee on Unghealthy Trades and of various other committees; now Principal of Heriot Watt College, edinburgh; author of "Scientific Investigations in Physico chemistry", "The Food of Plants" 1893. "Processes Pigments and Vehicles" 1895, "Pigments and Mediums of the old Matsers" and various scientific papers; editor og the "Teacher's Encyclopaedia" Address Heriot watt College, Edinburgh Club Arts "In 1939 Laurie wrote the notorious The Case for Germany, (1939). A pro-Nazi, anti-semitic work which praises Hitler. The book commences with praising Hitler as a painter and then expounds National Socialism. He continues with a revisionist defence of Nazism and denigrating Jewish people and socialism." Wikipedia Obit.
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| Born: Brunstone Lodge, Edinburgh, Scotland 6th Nov 1861 | Baptised: St. Columbus Church, Edinburgh, Scotland 1862
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| | Family: Laurie formerly of Scotland |
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- 1871 census (son - Blair Villa, Logie, Perths., , Scotland)
- 1881 census (son - Nairne Lodge, Duddingston, Edinburgh, Scotland)
- 1891 census (head of household - 49 Beaumont sq., Vestry Centre, London, , , England)
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| 6th Nov 1861 | Born (birth) Edinburgh, Scotland | | 1862 | Baptised (baptism) Edinburgh, Scotland | | 3rd Apr 1871 | Son in 1871 census (census) Logie, Perths., Scotland | | 3rd Apr 1881 | Son in 1881 census (census) Edinburgh, Scotland | | 1891 | Head of household in 1891 census (census) London, England | | 28th Dec 1898 | MARR/ROLE WITN Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, England | | 29th Apr 1905 | Married Mary Helen Gibson
(Laurie ) 1886 - post 1908 (marriage) Colinton, Scotland | | c. 1949 | Made a will (will) | | 7th Oct 1949 | Died (death) Haslemere, Surrey |
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