Background
CRAIGIE, Patrick Georgre was born on May 29, 1843 in Perth, N.B. Son of late David Craigie.
CRAIGIE, Patrick Georgre was born on May 29, 1843 in Perth, N.B. Son of late David Craigie.
Perth Academy; Edinburgh University. Saint Catherine’s College, Cambridge.
Served in Royal Perth Militia and 3rd Battalion Royal Highlanders, 1861-1882. Secretary Local Taxation Committee, 1871-1890. Secretary Central 459 Chamber of Agriculture, 1879-1890.
Reported on markets of Paris and Brussels for Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls, 1888.
Reported on the agricultural schools of France for the Agricultural Department of the Privy Council, 1888. Official Delegate at the meetings of the International Statistical Institute at Rome, Paris, Vienna, Chicago, Berne, Saint St. Petersburg, Christiania, Buda-Pesth, Berlin, London, Copenhagen, and Paris, 1887-1909.
SecretaryGeneral of International Statistical Institute, 7. Honourable Treasurer, 1909.
Director of Statistical Intelligence and Educational Department Board of Agriculture, 1890.
Assistant Secretary Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1906. Gilbey Lecturer on History and Economics of Agriculture at University of Cambridge, 1906-1909. President Royal Statistical Society, 1902, Fellow since 1874.
President Section F British Association for Advancement of Science, 1900, and Sub-Section Agriculture, Winnipeg, 1909.
Clubs: National, Farmers’.