RSSA: History: Past Presidents

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1821-1828: The Duke of Atholl; The Earl of Wemyss; The Earl of Hopetoun; The Viscount Melville; Lord John Campbell; The Lord Gray
1828-1832: The Duke of Atholl; The Earl of Wemyss; The Viscount Melville; Lord John Campbell; The Lord Gray
1832-1836: The Duke of Buccleuch
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1836-1837: The Marquis of Tweeddale
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1837-1840: Sir John Graham Dalyell
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1840-1841: Dr Andrew Fyfe
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1841-1842: Sir John Robison
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1842-1843: James L'Amy
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1843-1844: Professor Thos. S. Traill, M.D.
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1844-1845: Professor J. S. More
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1845-1846: Sir George S. Mackenzie
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1846-1847: Dr. David Maclagan
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1847-1848: George Buchanan
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1848-1849: John Cay
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1849-1851: Thomas Grainger
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1851-1852: George Lees, LL.D.
1852-1853: David Stevenson
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1853-1854: Rev. P. Holland
1854-1855: David Rhind
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1855-1857: Dr. George Wilson
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1857-1858: Dr. Edward Sang
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1858-1859: C. Piazzi Smyth
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1859-1860: Thomas Stevenson
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1860-1861: Alexander Bryson
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1861-1862: Dr. Patrick Newbigging
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1862-1864: Dr. Stevenson Macadam
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1864-1865: Charles Cowan
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1865-1866: Frederick Hallard
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1866-1868: George Robertson
1868-1869: David Stevenson
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1869-1871: R.W. Thomson, C.E.
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1871-1873: Thomas Ivory
1873-1875: Professor T.C.Archer
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1875-1877: John Milne
1877-1879: Dr. R. M. Ferguson
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1879-1880: George Blanshard
1880-1882: Henry Cadell
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1882-1885: Professor Swan
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1885-1887: D. Bruce Peebles
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1887-1889: F. B. Imlach
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1889-1891: Rt.Hon. J.H.A.Macdonald
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1891-1893: Alexander Leslie
1893-1895: Dr. William Taylor
1895-1897: Professor Armstrong
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1897-1899: A. Beatson Bell
1899-1901: W. Ivison Macadam
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1901-1903: F. Grant Ogilvie
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1901-1905: Dr. Dawson Turner
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1905-1908: T. Hudson Beare
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1908-1911: William Allan Carter
1911-1912: William Graham Youll
1912-1921: Colonel Alex. Ogilvie
1921-1923: Professor Richard Stanfield
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1923-1925: Dr. James R. Milne
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1925-1927: R. Stuart Pilcher
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1927-1929: W.A. Williams
1929-1931: Edwin Seddon
1931-1934: Professor Henry Briggs
1934-1936: Charles J. Cousland
1936-1938: Professor Alex. R. Horne
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1938-1940: Alexander Steuart
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1940-1942: William G. Maxwell
1942-1944: Dr Robert Aitken
1944-1946: G.H.Liston-Foulis
1946-1948: John T. Jeffrey
1948-1950: Christopher Y. Johnson
1950-1953: Dr.J.Cameron Smail
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1953-1956: Robert W. Plenderleith
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1956-1958: E. Openshaw Taylor
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1958-1960: James Wallace
1960-1963: G/Capt. G. Struan Marshall
1963-1965: John Lochore
1965-1968: Norman G. Matthew
1968-1971: Dr. Alistair G. Thomson
1971-1974: J. Forbes Fowler
1974-1977: John A.G. Copland
1977-1980: Professor Gordon R. Nicoll
1980-1983: Malcolm W. Thomson
1983-1986: Graeme H. Menzies
1986-1989: Robert G. McLeod
1989-1993: William P. Small
1993-1997: Harry Ogden
1997-2002: Dr. Allen D.C. Simpson
2002-2005: Dr. Stuart Monro
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2005-2008: Professor Anthony Busuttil
2008-2011: Robin Harper MSP
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2011-2014: Professor Ian Robson
2014-2017: Professor Stuart Monro
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2017-2023: Dr Alison Morrison-Low
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2023-2026: Professor Beverly Bergman

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Past Presidents

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