Henry Marshall Steven

Prof Henry Marshall Steven CBE FRSE LLD (1893–1969) was a 20th century Scottish forester. He was Editor of "Forestry" magazine from 1926 to 1946.

Life

He was born on 24 June 1893 in West Lothian the son of Robert Steven. He was educated at Bathgate School. He studied Science at Edinburgh University graduating BSc in 1915. In 1917 he was appointed as Statistics Officer for the Timber Supply Department for the remainder of the First World War. After the war he resumed studies and gained a doctorate (PhD) from Edinburgh University in 1921. He then began working as a Research Officer for the newly created Forestry Commission. In 1930 he became Head of the East England division and in 1933 Head of East Scotland division.^[1]

In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir William Wright Smith, Sir John Donald Sutherland, John Macqueen Cowan and Matthew Young Orr. In 1959 he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1964 Aberdeen University awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD).^[2]

In 1938 he became Professor of Forestry at Aberdeen University. He remained in this role until retiral in 1963.

He died in Aberdeen following a long illness on 15 February 1969.^[3]

Family

In 1922 he married Clementina Macdonald Findlay.

Publications

• Forestry (1931) six volumes
• The Forests and Forestry of Scotland (1951)
• The Native Pinewoods of Scotland (1959, with A. Carlisle)

References