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Julia Melvin

Julia Melvin

Julia Melvin is Irvine’s granddaughter. After graduating in English Language and Literature from the University of St Andrews, she trained as an archivist with the Royal Archives at Windsor and then worked as a textual editor for the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. She currently works as a freelance research historian and consultant archivist. She assisted William Shawcross with his biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (2009).

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James Colquhoun Irvine

James Colquhoun Irvine


ISBN: 9781906566319
Category: Scottish History
Author: Julia Melvin
Publication Date: September 2011
Format: Hardback
Price: £30.00
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:

This fully researched biography recounts the history of his roots in the west of Scotland; the influences of his boyhood; his work as a pioneering organic chemist; the part that he and his chemical laboratory played during the First World War; and his important role in the history of the University of St Andrews.


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