James Livingstone Begg

James Livingstone Begg FRSE FGS JP (1874 - 1958) was a Scottish geologist.

Life

He was born in Dennistoun in Glasgow in 1874 and educated at Garnethill School.

He trained as an artist in Paris for three years,[1] but ultimately was employed in his father's business as a House Factor and Property Agent in Glasgow, becoming a partner in 1917. However, geology was his passion. He studied Geology as a series of extramural evening classes at Glasgow University, joining the Glasgow Geological Society in 1905.

He was President of the Glasgow Geological Society from 1935 to 1938.[2] He was also a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lanark.

He died on 11 August 1958.[3]

His large fossil collection, specialising in trilobites was gifted to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. This is known as the Begg Collection.[4]

Family

His daughter, Nita Begg (1920-2011) was an artist.

References
  1. "Obituary: Nita Begg, artist". The Scotsman. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1783 – 2002" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. "VII.—Obituary Notices: James Livingstone Begg, James Stewart Nicol". Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow. 24 (1): 108–110. 1 January 1960. doi:10.1144/transglas.24.1.108. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via trngl.lyellcollection.org.
  4. Haines, Catharine M. C. (1 January 2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. p. 79. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Internet Archive. james livingstone begg.
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