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Robert Broom, Prof

Also Known As: "DSC.MD."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: April 06, 1951 (64)
Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of John Broom and Agnes Hunter Shearer
Husband of Marie Baird Broom
Father of Norman Broom; Muriel (Millie) Jessie Brown and Leonard Broom

Occupation: Medical Practitioner, Palantheologist,
Managed by: Hester Maria Christina Marx
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About Prof Robert Broom

Vir Afrikaans - meer volledig http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Broom Afrikaans

English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Broom Robert Broom FRS- 30 November 1866, Paisley – 6 April 1951) was a Scottish South African doctor and paleontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow. In 1893 he married Mary Baird Baillie. From 1903 to 1910 he was professor of zoology and geology at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and subsequently he became keeper of vertebrate paleontology at the South African Museum, Cape Town AWARDS

  1. Royal Medal (1928)
  2. Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1946)
  3. Wollaston Medal (1949)
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Prof Robert Broom's Timeline

1886
November 30, 1886
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
1911
June 4, 1911
Lourenco Marques, Mozambique
1912
1912
1925
May 12, 1925
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
1951
April 6, 1951
Age 64
Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa