Leonard Horner ( 1785 - 1864 )

Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland (17 January 1785) Death: Montagu Square, London (05 March 1864) Research Field: Geology Education: Edinburgh High School Career: Became a partner in his father's linen factory and settled in London (1804); returned to Edinburgh due to business (1817); was a Whig, and a social reformer; one of the founders of the Edinburgh Academy; assisted in the foundation of the London Institution; Warden, London University; lived in Bonn (from 1831); one of the Chief Inspectors, under the Factory Acts (until 1856) Memberships: FGS (1808, President 1846) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/11/1813 Council: VP 1845-1847, 1857-1858.