George MacRitchie Low

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 ...

PFA (1849-1922) was a Scottish actuary. He twice served as President of the Faculty of Actuaries 1900 to 1903 and was recalled during the

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serving a second term 1915 to 1919.

Life

He was born at 58 Great King Street in

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in 1849, the son of William Low, an accountant. From 1883 to 1900 he was Managing Director of the Edinburgh Assurance Company based at 22 George Street in Edinburgh's First New Town. In 1884 he lived at "Montrave Villa" in the Murrayfield area. In 1884 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

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, George Barclay,

John MacGregor McCandlish John MacGregor McCandlish WS FRSE (1821–1901) was a Scottish lawyer and actuary. He was the first president of the Faculty of Actuaries. Life He was born at 17 Minto Street in south Edinburgh on 12 January 1821 the son of William McCandlis ...

and Adam Gillies Smith. From 1900 to 1920 he was Manager and Chief Actuary of the

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Life Assurance Company at 19 St Andrew Square. By this stage he had moved to 15 Chester Street in Edinburgh's West End.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901 At this same time he was elected President of the Faculty of Actuaries. He died on 29 November 1922 and is buried in

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. The grave lies against the south wall of the first north extension, backing onto the original cemetery. His older brother Charles MacRitchie Low (1847-1916) lies nearby.

Family

He was married to Charlotte Ellen McLaren (1852-1916).

References

1849 births 1922 deaths Businesspeople from Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Burials at the Dean Cemetery British actuaries {{Scotland-bio-stub