Arthur I. Macconochie

A. Macconachie

Timeline

Date	Details
1850	Born November 19th in Ayrshire.
1869	Joined Survey (Edinburgh) as Fossil Collector.
1889	Assistant Curator (till 1913).
1901	Assistant in Fossil Department.
1907	Assistant for Survey Collections.
	Fossil collecting chiefly in Silurian of Southern Uplands. Discoverer of notable fossil locality at Glencartholm, Dumfriesshire; also of the “olenellus fauna”; and of new fish fauna from Downtownian of Lanarkshire.
1906-1920	Lecturer in Geology at Heriot-Watt College.
1913	Retired from Survey.
1923	Awarded Lyell Fund. (In February.)
1923	Died March 11th in Edinburgh.