Dr George Trapp

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FLS FEIS LLB (1906–1996) was a 20th century Scottish academic scientist and educator. He was Convenor of the Science Committee for the

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Life

He was born in

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

on 30 December 1906 the son of Peter Trapp, chief engineer at Camelon Iron Works, and his wife, Jane. He was educated at

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. In 1924 he went to the Foundry Technical Institute in Falkirk for practical experience as a metallurgical chemist. In 1925 he went to

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to study Sciences, specialising in Chemistry and Botany. He graduated MA (1929) BSc (1930). After a period of practical experience, in 1932 he entered

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and gained his Diploma in Education in 1933. He then returned to Glasgow University as a postgraduate, receiving his doctorate (PhD) in summer of 1934. He then found immediate employment as Assistant Science Master at his alma mater, Falkirk High School, teaching Botany, Geography and Chemistry. In 1937 he moved to

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as Biology Master. In 1941 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Sir

William Wright Smith Sir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE FLS VMH LLD (2 February 1875 Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire – 15 December 1956) was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist. Life He was born at Parkend farm near Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, the son of James T. ...

, Alfred Cameron,

Ernest Shearer Ernest Shearer FRSE (1879–14 September 1945) was a British agriculturalist and academic. Life He was born in Stromness on Orkney into a farming family. In 1897 he went to the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in Economics follo ...

, and

Edward Wyllie Fenton Dr Edward Wyllie Fenton FRSE FLS (1889–1962) was a Scottish botanist. He was President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 1944–45. Life He was born in Aberdeen on 4 November 1889, the son of Edward W. Fenton, a clerk living at 13 Bon Acco ...

. In 1943 he was made a Fellow of the

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. In August 1943 he was appointed Assistant Director of Education for

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. From 1948 to 1960 he was Rector of

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Huntly, Aberdeenshire Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlement ...

. He moved back to Edinburgh with his family in 1960 and took a course on Scots Law. He died in

on 15 May 1996 aged 89.

Family

He married Alice in 1948. They had one son and two daughters.

Publications

*''Discipline'' (1959) *''Private Prosecution in Scotland'' (1975) *''The Application of Absolute Privilege'' (1980)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trapp, George 1906 births 1996 deaths People from Falkirk People educated at Falkirk High School Alumni of the University of Glasgow Scottish educators Scottish scientists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the Linnean Society of London