Background
OGILVIE, Francis Grant was born on August 8, 1858. Son of Reverend Alexander Ogilvie, Doctor of Laws, headmaster of Gordon’s College, Aberdeen.
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Francis Grant OGILVIE
professor of natural philosophy
Francis Grant OGILVIE, British Professor of Natural Philosophy.
Education
Studied at University of Aberdeen (Master of Arts). University of Edinburgh (Bachelor of Science).
Career
Assistant Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, 1880-1881. Science Master, Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, 1882-1886. Principal of the Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 1886-1900.
Director of the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, 1900-1903. Major R.E. (Vol.) Commanding Forth Division (Submarine Miners) 1887-1900. Member of Edinburgh University Court, 1901-1903.
Principal Assistant - Secretary (Technology and Higher Education in Science and Art) Board of Education, 1903-1910. Honourable Member Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1903. Member of Royal Commissions, St. Louis Exhibition, 1904, and Exhibition of 1851. Secretary of the Board of Education for the Science Museum and Geological Survey since 1910.
Membership
Club: Caledonian.
Connections
- Father:
- Alexander Ogilvie
