Henry Bellyse Baildon (1849–1907)

Scottish chemist and author. Studied at Edinburgh University. BA, Cambridge, 1872. Joined his father in the family business as a pharmaceutical chemist, 1875. Took up the study of literature. Lecturer, Edinburgh University, 1889. PhD, Freiburg, 1898. Lecturer at University College, Dundee, 1901–7. Published several volumes of poetry and wrote for reviews; a lifelong friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.