Theodore Salvesen collection 1910-1913

Salvesen, Theodore

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Edward Theodore Salvesen was born on 20 July 1857 in Leith, Scotland, son of the ship-owner Christian Salvesen. He studied law at Edinburgh University, becoming a barrister in 1880 and Queen's Counsel in 1899. Between 1901 and 1905, he served as Sheriff of the Counties of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk. In 1905, he was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland, and later in the same year was appointed Judge of the Court of Session of Scotland, a post he held until his retirement in 19...

Salvesen Edward Theodore 1857-1942

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Bruce, William S. (William Speirs), 1867-1921

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William Speirs Bruce was born in London of Scottish parents in 1867. He was educated at Norfolk County School, England and enrolled as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, where renowned Scottish physicists, chemists and oceanographers supervised him. In 1892, he was recommended for the post of surgeon and naturalist on board Balaena during the British Whaling Exploration (Dundee), 1892-1893. The expedition was organized to investigate the commercial possibilities of wh...