. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY with the coming taught THE LATE JOHN ROY, THE death of Dr. Roy has left a gap in the ranks of Scottish botanists that will not easily be filled ; while his researches among the freshwater Algae, and especially among the Des- midiecc, brought him into wide correspondence with students of these groups in foreign lands. He was born on 24th February 1828 at Ardoch, in the Parish of Fovvlis Wester in Perthshire. He received his education in the parish school there, and af
. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY with the coming taught THE LATE JOHN ROY, THE death of Dr. Roy has left a gap in the ranks of Scottish botanists that will not easily be filled ; while his researches among the freshwater Algae, and especially among the Des- midiecc, brought him into wide correspondence with students of these groups in foreign lands. He was born on 24th February 1828 at Ardoch, in the Parish of Fovvlis Wester in Perthshire. He received his education in the parish school there, and afterwards in the Normal College of the Church of Scotland, in Edinburgh, view to be- a teacher. He for five or six years in the school of Brackmuirhill in Kincar- dineshire. Thereafter he was appointed teacher in a school at the Old Bridge of Don, near Aberdeen, where he remained for three or four years. In 1863 he received the charge of Dr. Brown's school in Skene Square, Aberdeen, which was afterwards taken over by the School Board, and is now known as Skene Square Public School. He remained in this position till last year, when he retired because of ill health, on a retiring allowance, after long and honourable public service. Of robust nature, not readily fatigued, he took great pleasure in long rambles in search of plants. Probably few persons were better acquainted with Mid and Northern Scotland, from the sea-level to the corries and summits of the highest mountains. In such rambles he was a most agreeable companion ; and his accurate know- ledge of the plants themselves, and of the habitats of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edinburgh : David Douglas
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