Robert Broom

Robert Broom
Born(1866-11-30)30 November 1866
Died6 April 1951(1951-04-06) (aged 84)
Pretoria, South Africa
NationalityBritish, South African
EducationUniversity of Glasgow
Known forIdentification of hominim fossils, The mammal-like reptiles of South Africa and the origin of mammals, The coming of man: was it accident or design? and other books
SpouseMary Baird Baillie
Parents
  • John Broom (father)
  • Agnes Hunter Shearer (mother)
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal (1928)
Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1946)
Wollaston Medal (1949)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Stellenbosch, South African Museum, Cape Town
PatronsJan Smuts
Author abbrev. (zoology)Broom
Signature
Robert Broom

Robert Broom FRS[1] FRSE (30 November 1866 – 6 April 1951) was a British- South African medical doctor and palaeontologist.[2] He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow.

From 1903 to 1910, he was professor of zoology and geology at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and subsequently he became keeper of vertebrate palaeontology at the South African Museum, Cape Town.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Watson, D. M. S. (1952). "Robert Broom. 1866–1951". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8 (21): 36–70. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1952.0004. JSTOR 768799.
  2. ^ "Robert Broom | South African paleontologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ Richmond, J. (2009). "Design and dissent: Religion, authority, and the scientific spirit of Robert Broom". Isis; an International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. 100 (3): 485–504. doi:10.1086/644626. PMID 19960839. S2CID 21204241.
  4. ^ Clark, W. E. (1951). "Dr. Robert Broom, F.R.S". Nature. 167 (4254): 752. Bibcode:1951Natur.167Q.752L. doi:10.1038/167752a0. PMID 14833380.
  5. ^ "ROBERT Broom". Lancet. 1 (6660): 915–916. 1951. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(51)91306-2. PMID 14825857.
  6. ^ "ROBERT Broom, M.D., F.R.S". British Medical Journal. 1 (4711): 889. 1951. PMC 2069052. PMID 14821559.

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