John Stevenson (mycologist)
John Stevenson FRSE (1836–1903) was a 19th-century Scottish minister and amateur mycologist.
Life[edit]
He was born in Coupar Angus on 17 July 1836, the son of Patrick James Stevenson.
He is thought to have studied Divinity at Aberdeen University. His first post as a minister was as assistant at Aberdeen West Parish Church. In 1861 he was ordained as minister of Millbrex church, north-east of Fyvie Castle. He moved to Dundee in 1865. In 1873 he succeeded Rev Dr John Tannoch as minister of Glamis Church.[1]
As minister for the area covering Glamis Castle his parishioners included members of the Bowes-Lyon family including the Queen Mother and her brother Fergus Bowes-Lyon though circumstances meant that he did not christen either.
In 1888 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Hugh Macmillan, Alexander Dickson, James Geikie and John Gray McKendrick.[2]
Stevenson, along with James Stirton, wrote an obituary for botanist Thomas King upon his death in 1896. It was published the following year in The Annals of Scottish Natural History.[3]
He died in Glamis on 27 November 1903. He was succeeded as minister by Rev John Stirton.
Family[edit]
In 1864 he married Elizabeth Valentine, daughter of John Vaklentine of Canada. They had one son and two daughters.
Publications[edit]
- Mycologia Scotica (1879)[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Glamis Parish, Angus: records for genealogists". Ancestor.abel.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ The Annals of Scottish Natural History: A Quarterly Magazine with which is Incorporated "The Scottish Naturalist". D. Douglas. 1897. p. 1.
- ^ Introduction to the History of Mycology; G. C. Ainsworth
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