Loudon MacQueen Douglas

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
  • Manual of the Pork Trade (1893)
  • Pigs: Breeds and Management (1897)
  • 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
  1. http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/loudon_douglas.htm
  2. 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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