Tosh, James Ramsay ♂

Education

Student United College 1889-1890 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1890-1891 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1891-1892 N. Phil.; Log.; N. Hist. 1892-1893 M. Phil.; Eng. Lit.; Chem. & Prac. Chem. 1893-1894 Hon. M. Phil.; N. Hist.; Physiol.; Bot. Dundee Educational Trust bursar, 1889. 4th in 2nd year exam, 1890. M.A. 30.3.1894 hons in Natural History. B.Sc. 30.3.1894.

D.Sc. 29.3.1904.

Assistant to Professor of Natural History.

Birth/childhood

Born 2.11.1872 son of David Tosh, journeyman joiner, Dundee and Ann Ramsay.

Attended Harris Academy, Dundee.

Career

Assistant to Professor of Natural History. [St Andrews University]

Schoolmaster Berwick on Tweed. [Teacher]

Scientific Advisor, Queensland to 1904. Engineer Inland Water Transport and British Red Cross Society, Mesopotamia.

Death

Died at Baghdad [Iraq] 17.7.1917.

Sources

• UYUC400:29.10. & 1.11.1889, 28.10.1890
• Births Reg. Dundee St Clements 1872/833
• William Carmichael McIntosh, Autobiography in ms37113
• Roll of honour 1914 - 19