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Ferguson was born on 24 January 1838 in Alloa, Scotland, the son of Adam Ferguson and Elizabeth Donaldson.
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Ferguson was born on 24 January 1838 in Alloa, Scotland, the son of Adam Ferguson and Elizabeth Donaldson.
He moved at an early age to Glasgow and attended Glasgow High School. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor in 1861 and an Master of Arts in 1862.
He was generally nicknamed Soda Ferguson. A collection of 7,500 books and manuscripts, held by Glasgow University originally from his library, are known as the Ferguson Collection. In 1874 Ferguson was appointed the Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, in place of Professor Thomas Anderson.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1888.
His proposers were Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), James Thomson Bottomley, Peter Guthrie Tait and Alexander Crum Brown. Street Andrews University awarded him an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws).
In 1921 the University of Glasgow purchased about 11,000 of the books for the sum of £7000. He died of heart disease at his home, 6 Claremont Terrace in Glasgow, on 3 November 1916, at the age of 78.
He is buried in the family burial plot in Alloa.
Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - President (1892–1895)
Glasgow Archaeological Society - President (1891–1894)
Royal Society of Edinburgh - Fellow
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Fellow
Chemical Society - Fellow
Royal Institute of Chemistry - Fellow
British Archaeological Society
French Archaeological Society
Honorary Fellow of the Imperial Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd
Royal Company of Archers.
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Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - President (1892–1895)
Glasgow Archaeological Society - President (1891–1894)
Royal Society of Edinburgh - Fellow
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Fellow
Chemical Society - Fellow
Royal Institute of Chemistry - Fellow
British Archaeological Society
French Archaeological Society
Honorary Fellow of the Imperial Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd
Royal Company of Archers.