He was born in
Greenock in 1870. He studied at the
Andersonian College in
Glasgow under
Professor William Dittmar then at the
University of Edinburgh. He began as an assistant lecturer at
University College Bangor in
Wales. He then returned to the
University of Edinburgh to lecture in Agricultural Chemistry, also lecturing at the East of Scotland College of Agriculture. During this period he lived at 13 George Square in
Edinburgh. In 1905 Lauder obtained a DSc from the University of Edinburgh. In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were
Sir James Johnston Dobbie,
Alexander Crum Brown,
Sir James Walker and
Arthur Pillans Laurie. He served as the Society’s Secretary 1923 to 1928. He died in
Greenock on 11 November 1943. ==Publications==