Douglas Keely Kevan FRSE FACCA (1895–1968) was a 20th-century British chartered accountant and noted entomologist and conchologist.
Life
editHe was born on 4 February 1895 in Chelmsford in Essex, the son of Alfred Keely Kevan.
He served in the Territorial Army and at the onset of the First World War was immediately called up. He served in the London Scottish Regiment. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant in May 1915.[1] He was wounded later in 1915 and transferred to home duties with the Royal Army Service Corps, where he achieved the rank of captain.[2]
In his professional life he worked variously for Neame & Co and for Price & Price, largely linked to the timber industry. In 1943 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh due to his contributions to science. His proposers were Alexander Charles Stephen, James Ritchie, James Wright and Thomas Rowatt.[3]
He retired in 1958 and died at home, 9 Cluny Drive in Edinburgh on 15 May 1968.
Family
editIn 1918 he married Gynnyth Paine. They had one son, Prof Douglas Keith McEwan Kevan FRSE.
References
edit- ^ The London Gazette 10 May 1915
- ^ "Douglas Keely Kevan - Soldiers - Great War Forum". greatwarforum.org. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ 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 24 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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