Loudon MacQueen Douglas

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(1863-1944) was an engineer, author, antiquarian, dairy expert and pig-breeder. He was co-founder of William Douglas Ltd of

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(1888) and

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(1890). He was born in

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, south-west of

in 1863, the son of William Douglas and Marion Hunter. In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Gerald Rowley Leighton, Robert Wallace, James Macdonald, and R Stewart MacDougall. He served as President of the Scottish Society in 1914. He died on 27 January 1944.

Publications

*''Manual of the Pork Trade'' (1893) *''Pigs: Breeds and Management'' (1897). Fourth Edition (1905) at th
Internet Archive''Douglas's Receipt Book for the Bacon, Pork, and Meat Trades
(189?) *''Refrigeration in the Dairy'' (1904) *''The Origins and Development of the Meat Trade'' (1907) *''The Meat Industry and Meat Inspections'' (1910)
''The Bacillus of Long Life: A Manual for the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes''
(1911) (an early recognition of the health-giving properties of

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) *''The Kilt: A Manual of Scottish National Dress'' (1914)

References

1863 births 1944 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Scottish non-fiction writers {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub