He was born in
Aberystwyth in north
Wales on 9 June 1874. He attended the
University College of Wales 1890-96. From 1896 to 1898 he was Science Master at the County School in Aberystwyth. He then went to the
University of London gaining a doctorate (DSc) before going to
Marburg University where he gained a second doctorate (PhD). In later life he lived at 10 Spring Gardens in
Kelvinside in Glasgow. In 1920 he became Superintendent of the Scottish School of Bakery, and from 1925 until death was Professor of Bacteriology at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. In December 1925 he appears to have made an early radio broadcast entitled "Why we Attribute Life to Plants". He died in
Bearsden in
Glasgow on 16 January 1937. ==Publications==