Thomas Nicol Johnston FRSE (1870–1923) was a Scottish physician and noted amateur zoologist.

Life

He was the son of Wilhelmina Storrie (1836–1903) and Thomas Johnston (1822–1899) of Corstorphine House in western

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

. He studied medicine as a mature student at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

beginning in 1897. He graduated with an

MB ChB Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

. From 1902 to 1907 he acted as the zoologist on John Murray and Laurence Pullar's ''Bathymetrical Survey of the Scottish Fresh-Water Lochs''. In 1903 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir John Murray,

Laurence Pullar Laurence Pullar FRSE FRGS FRSGS LLD (1838–1926) was a 19th-century Scottish businessman, geographer and philanthropist. A close friend of Sir John Murray he appears to have done much to fund and/or underwrite the cost of the Challenger Expedit ...

, Alexander Buchan and

John Horne John Horne PRSE FRS FRSE FEGS LLD (1 January 1848 – 30 May 1928) was a Scottish geologist. He served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1915 to 1919. Life Horne was born on 1 January 1848, in Campsie, Stirlingshire, the ...

. He died at

Humbie Humbie is a hamlet and rural parish in East Lothian, Scotland lying in south-east of the county, approximately south-west of Haddington and south-east of Edinburgh. Humbie as it is known today was formed as the result of the union between Keit ...

in East Lothian on 6 October 1923 but is buried with his parents in

Corstorphine Corstorphine (Scottish Gaelic: ''Crois Thoirfinn'') ( ) is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Formerly a separate village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, it is now a suburb of the city, having been formally incorporate ...

Parish Churchyard in western Edinburgh.

Family

He was married to Emma McPherson (1876-1953). In 1917 he appears to have been involved in an antenuptial contract relating to the mental health of his daughter, Margaret Fraser Johnston to Charles Henry Adamson.The Scottish Law Reporter: 1917

References

1870 births 1923 deaths Medical doctors from Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British zoologists Scottish zoologists 20th-century Scottish medical doctors {{Scotland-scientist-stub