Dr Alexander ScottFRSEFGS (1890–1951) was a 20th-century Scottishgeologist. He was an expert on clays needed for the ceramic industry.
He was born in Glasgow on 4 July 1890. He studied Science at Glasgow University graduating MA in 1910 and BSc in 1911. Continuing as a postgraduate he gained his doctorate (DSc) in 1916.[1]
In 1914 he began lecturing in Petrology at Oxford University, but this was only for one academic year. In 1916 he appears as the Physical Chemist in charge of the Radiometric Laboratory at Glasgow University. In 1918 he became Assistant Principal at the Central School of Science at Stoke-on-Trent. Here he was advisor to companies such as Royal Doulton, Spode, Wedgwood and Minton.[2]
