David James Brown (1831/2–1913)

Scottish baker and geologist. Trade premises at 55 Clerk Street and 161 High Street, Edinburgh, and, later, 44 Leven Street. Author of several papers on the Silurian and glacial geology of southern Scotland. Fellow of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1863–74; member of council, 1874.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1911 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG14/30756)

Census returns of Scotland 1881 (The National Archives of Scotland: Edinburgh St Cuthberts 84/2), 1881 (Moffat 6/32), 1891 (Moffat 6/31), 1901 (Moffat 6/5)

List of the Edinburgh Geological Society.

Post Office Edinburgh directory 1863–77

Royal Society catalogue of scientific papers

Volume

12