Loudon MacQueen Douglas FRSE (1863-1944) was an engineer, author, antiquarian, dairy expert and pig-breeder. He was co-founder of William Douglas Ltd of Edinburgh (1888) and London (1890).
He was born in Colinton, south-west of Edinburgh in 1863, the son of William Douglas and Marion Hunter.[1]
In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Gerald Rowley Leighton, Robert Wallace, James Macdonald, and R Stewart MacDougall.[2]
He served as President of the Scottish Society in 1914.
He died on 27 January 1944.
Publications
edit- Manual of the Pork Trade (1893)
- Pigs: Breeds and Management (1897). Fourth Edition (1905) at the Internet Archive
- Douglas's Receipt Book for the Bacon, Pork, and Meat Trades (189?)
- Refrigeration in the Dairy (1904)
- The Origins and Development of the Meat Trade (1907)
- The Meat Industry and Meat Inspections (1910)
- The Bacillus of Long Life: A Manual for the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes (1911) (an early recognition of the health-giving properties of yoghurt)
- The Kilt: A Manual of Scottish National Dress (1914)
References
edit- ^ "Loudon MacQueen Douglas, 1864-1944".
- ^ 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.
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