Malcolm Laurie

Malcolm Laurie
Born February 27, 1866
Edinburgh
Died July 16, 1932 (aged 70)
Harpenden
Nationality Scottish
Fields Zoology, Palaeontology
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge
Known for Arachnids, Scorpions

Malcolm Laurie FRSE FLS (27 February 1866 - 16 July 1932) was a Scottish zoologist. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]

Biography

A figure from The Eurypterida of New York, drawn by Malcolm Laurie

Laurie was full Professor of Zoology at St Mungo's College, Glasgow, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society.[2]

He became examiner in zoology at the University of Glasgow in 1899.[3]

Family

His father was the educator Simon Somerville Laurie. He was the brother of chemist Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861-1949), both of whom were also fellows of the RSE.[1]

Reception

In a letter to Nature, three scientists wrote "The systematic position of Limulus has long been a vexed question, which no one can attempt to solve without consulting the work of Malcolm Laurie on the fossil Eurypterids."[4]

Works

Laurie published numerous papers on the arachnids, especially the scorpions.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002". Biographical Index, Part Two. Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. Laurie, Malcolm (August 1896). "Further Notes on the Anatomy and Development of Scorpions, and their bearing on the Classification of the Order". Journal of Natural History 18 (104): 121–133. doi:10.1080/00222939608680422.
  3. . "News". The American Naturalist 33 (394): 839–842. October 1889.
  4. POCOCK R. I., F. A. BATHER & B. B. WOODWARD (16 November 1893). ""The Zoological Record" (Letters to Editor)". Nature 49: 53. doi:10.1038/049053a0.

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