John Todd Morrison
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Prof John Todd Morrison FRSE FRSSA (1863–1944) was a Scottish scientist and meteorologist who lived most of his professional life in South Africa. Stellenbosch University created the John Todd Morrison Research Medal in his memory.
Life
Morrison was born in Muthill in Perthshire in 1863, the second son of Mary Todd and James Morrison, who owned a small shoemaking company. He was educated locally for seven years, then spent three years at George Watson's College, where he was school dux.{{Cite web | url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Morrison.html | title=John Morrison biography}}
He studied science at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an MA in 1883 and gaining a second degree (BSc) in 1888. From 1886 he lectured in physics at Heriot-Watt University. In 1891 he emigrated to Cape Colony to take on the post of Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Victoria College, Stellenbosch.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/00359194809518958|title = John Todd Morrison|journal = Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa| volume=31| issue=5| pages=xlix-l|year = 1948| bibcode=1948TRSSA..31D..49. }}
In 1892 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Peter Guthrie Tait, Alexander Crum Brown, Alexander Buchan and Cargill Gilston Knott.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
In 1901 he joined forces with John Carruthers Beattie to undertake a study of magnetism at the Cape of Good Hope. Following this the study was widened to encompass all of South Africa.
He retired in 1934, and died at Stellenbosch in 1944.
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Category:People from Perthshire
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Scottish meteorologists
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa
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