William Ivison Macadam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Ivison Macadam
Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1856
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 24-Jun-1902
Profession: chemist
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William Ivison Macadam
- Colonel William Ivison Macadam VD FRSE FSA FIC FCS FRSSA (27 January 1856 – 24 June 1902) Colonel Professor W.
- Ivison Macadam was a prominent Scottish scientist (analytical chemist), 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.
Read more at Wikipedia