Andrew George Stenhouse FRSE FGS (1869-1950) was a Scottish businessman, geologist and astronomer.
Life
editStenhouse was born in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Andrew Stenhouse, a shipbroker and joint owner of A & G Stenhouse in Leith. His father lived at 125 High Street on the Royal Mile.[1] He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and then joined his father's company in Leith Docks.[2]
In 1904, Stenhouse was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.[3] In 1923, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Thomas James Jehu and Robert Campbell.[4]
The Stenhousebreen glacier in Svalbard is named for Stenhouse, who had assisted the surveyor John Mathieson in preparing a map of Svalbard.[5]
Stenhouse died on 12 October 1950 in Edinburgh, aged 81.
References
edit- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1880
- ^ Royal Society of Edinburgh Yearbook 1951
- ^ Minutes of the Geological Society of London 1951
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Polar place names". Norsk Polarinstitutt. Retrieved 2 April 2021.[permanent dead link]
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