Thomas Stephenson (chemist)
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Thomas Stephenson FRSE FCS (1864–29 October 1938) was a Scottish chemist and pharmacist. He was founder and editor of "The Prescriber", a magazine focussing on pharmacists needs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prescriber.co.uk/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Prescriber|language=en-US|access-date=2 June 2019}}
Life
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He was born in 1864 at 37 George Street in Edinburgh's New TownEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1864 the son of John B. Stephenson a chemist with James Robertson & Co. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution.
He trained as a chemist and joined his father, who had set up his own business, at 48 Frederick Street. The family then moved to 8 Belford TerraceEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1890 near Dean Village.
In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Frederick Orpen Bower, Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, Robert McNair Ferguson, and Leonard Dobbin.{{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}} By this time he was Editor of "The Prescriber" magazine, and had a shop at 137 George Street in the city centre, and was living at 9 Woodburn Terrace, a flat in the Morningside district.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911
In 1916 "The Prescriber" had offices at 6 South Charlotte Street off Charlotte Square.The Rotarian (journal) Dec 1916
Thomas was a member of Rotary International.
He died in Edinburgh on 29 October 1938.
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