Robert Kidston

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Robert Kidston
Robert Kidston
Robert Kidston
Born 29 June 1852
Died 13 July 1924
Nationality Scotland
Fields palaeobotany
Institutions University of Edinburgh
Notable awards Murchison Medal

Robert Kidston FRS (29 June 1852 - 13 July 1924) was a Scottish palaeobotanist. He studied botany at the University of Edinburgh and later studied the Rhynie chert and worked for the British Geological Survey. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1902, and won the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1916.

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