William Ivison Macadam

Colonel
William Ivison Macadam
Col. Royal Scots Forth Volunteer Infantry Brigade & Col. 1st Lothians
Personal details
BornWilliam Ivison Macadam
27 January 1856
Died24 June 1902(1902-06-24) (aged 46)
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
SpouseSarah Maconochie Macdonald
Education
OccupationScottish Scientist (analytical chemistry), Professor and Academic Author
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Colonel William Ivison Macadam VD FRSE FSA FIC FCS FRSSA (27 January 1856 – 24 June 1902)

Colonel Professor W. Ivison Macadam was a Scottish scientist, academic author and antiquarian. He was also Colonel of the 1st Lothian Volunteer Infantry Brigade and a leading Freemason. He was generally known by his middle name Ivison.

On 24 June 1902, aged forty-six, he was shot and killed, along with a student, by a mentally disturbed gunman in his own laboratory at Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh.