| Administrative History | Adam Watson (1930-2019) was born and educated in Turiff, Aberdeenshire. He studied at the University of Aberdeen attaining a 1st class honours in Pure Science (Zoology) (B.S.c. 1952) and also won the MacGillivray Prize in his final year. He gained his Phd in 1956 for his theses on the 'Annual Cycle of Rock Ptarmigan'. He attained a second doctorate in 1967 for scientific papers on populations and behaviour of northern animals. He worked briefly a teacher of science at Elgin Academy in 1956 and at Aberdeen Academy in 1957. He won the Carnegie Arctic Scholarship took him by McGill University in Montreal to Baffin Island. He was senior principal scientific officer for special merit in research with the Nature Conservancy Council and later the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Banchory. He retired in 1990, but has continued with his research.
His body of work (as of 2009) has included 476 publications over 55 years, 22 books, 210 peer reviewed scientific papers and 62 scientific notes, 40 book reviews and many articles in newspapers and magazines. He has been editor of many publications including; editor for 'The Scottish Naturalist' (1956-1964), editorial board for 'Journal of Animal Ecology' (1969) and editorial board for 'Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment'. |