Heddle, Matthew Forster ♂

Education

Professor of Chemistry 8.11.1862-15.11.1884 (resigned).

Birth/childhood

Born 28.4.1826 son of Robert Heddle of Melsetter and Henrietta Moodie.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - M.D. 1851.

F.R.S.E. 1876.

Taught chemistry classes at St Andrews 6 years before becoming professor. [Teacher]

Professor of Chemistry 8.11.1862-15.11.1884 (resigned). [St Andrews University] [University professor]

Publications

The mineralogy of Scotland, by the late M. Forster Heddle, edited by J.G. Goodchild. Vol. 1. (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1901)

Death

Died at St Andrews 19.11.1897.

Sources

• Testimonials in UYUY298
• Trans. Geol. Soc. Edin. 7 1894 - 99 317
• Fife News Almanac 1898
• College Echoes 1897/98 p54
• Edin. Acad. Chron. v 39
• Matthew Forster Heddle in Wikipedia.