Robert Kidston

Robert Kidston
Robert Kidston
Born	29 June 1852 Bishopton, Renfrewshire
Died	13 July 1924 Gilfach Goch, Wales
Residence	Stirling
Nationality	Scotland
Fields	palaeobotany
Institutions	University of Edinburgh
Notable awards	Murchison Medal
Author abbreviation (botany)	Kidst.

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^[1] and worked for the British Geological Survey.

In the 1880s Kidston was asked to catalogue the Palaeozoic plant collection of the British Museum (Natural History). This work began in February 1883, and was completed in 1886.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1902, and won the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1916.

The standard author abbreviation Kidst. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

^ Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H. 1917. On Old Red Sandstone Plants showing Structure from the Rhynie Chert Bed, Aberdeenshire. Part I. Rhynia Gwynne-Vaughani, KIDSTON and Lang. Transactions for the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 51 (24), 761–784.
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

External links

Christine A. Thomson and Ian P. Wilkinson, "Robert Kidston (1852-1924): a biography of a Scottish Palaeobotanist", British Geological Survey, Nottingham, NG12 5GG. On line (.pdf)

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Name	Kidston, Robert
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Date of birth	29 June 1852
Place of birth	Bishopton, Renfrewshire
Date of death	13 July 1924
Place of death	Gilfach Goch, Wales