Charles Morton Aikman

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

FIC FCS (10 May 1861 – 14 November 1902) was a 19th century Scottish agricultural chemist and scientific author.

Life

He was born on 10 May 1861, the son of

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merchant and shipping agent Thomson Aikman (1817-1893) and his wife Janet Morton (1815-1857). They lived at Hamilton Crescent in

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. He studied Sciences at

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specialising in Organic Chemistry. He graduated MA in 1883, gaining a further BSc in 1885 and a doctorate (DSc) in 1894. In 1888 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

Andrew Peebles Aitken Andrew Peebles Aitken FRSE FBSE (1843-1904) was a Scottish agricultural chemist remembered primarily for his research into fertiliser response times. He laid the foundations of modern understanding of increased crop yields through the use of ar ...

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and Thomas A. G. Balfour. At this stage he was living at Middlefield House in

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. In 1891 he began lecturing in Chemistry at

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. In 1893 (aged only 32) he was created Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow Veterinary College. In 1900 his address was given as 21 Snowdon Place in

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. He died on 14 November 1902 and is memorialised on the family stone in the

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Publications

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Potash Potash () includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form.

Manuring'' *''The Food of Crops and How to Apply It'' *''Milk its Nature and Composition'' (1895) *''The Book of the Dairy'' *''Farmyard Manure: Its Nature, Composition and Treatment'' *''Manures and the Principles of Manuring'' (1910)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aikman, Charles Morton 1861 births 1902 deaths Academics of the University of Glasgow People from Partick Scottish biochemists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh