David Prain
1857 - 1944

- Born
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11 July 1857
Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland
- Died
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16/03/1944
Well Farm, Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 11/05/1905
- Fields of Interest
- Botany
- Occupation
- Botanist
- Relationships
- Parents: David Prain, a native of Inchture near Dundee, and Mary, daughter of George Thomson, farmer and miller, of the Vale of Alford, Aberdeenshire. Spouse: Margaret Caird (d. 1942), daughter of the Revd William Thomson, of Belhevie, Aberdeen (1887). Children: Theodore Prain, killed in the First World War whilst serving as a lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment.
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Referee of
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Referee's report by David Prain, on a paper 'Longitudinal symmetry in Phanerogamia' by Percy Groom
Creator: David Prain Reference number: RR/17/168 -
Referee's report by David Prain, on a paper 'The assyeiau herbal. Parts I and II' by R C Thompson
Creator: David Prain Reference number: RR/29/34 -
Referee's report by David Prain, on a paper 'On the chemistry of the ancient Assyrians' by R Campbell Thompson
Creator: David Prain Reference number: RR/32/36