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Sir Carruthers Beattie
FRSE
Born
John Carruthers Beattie

(1866-11-21)21 November 1866
Waterbeck, Scotland
Died10 June 1946(1946-06-10) (aged 79)
Cape Town, Union of South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Spouse
Elizabeth Paton
(m. 1898)
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Vice Chancellor
InstitutionsUniversity of Cape Town
ThesisThe Behaviour of Bismuth Plates in a Steady Magnetic Field (1896)

Sir John Carruthers Beattie FRSE (21 November 1866 – 10 June 1946) was the first principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (1918–1937).[1]

Beattie was born in Waterbeck, Scotland. He graduated from Edinburgh University having studied at Munich, Vienna, Berlin and Glasgow. Soon afterwards, he was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics and Experimental Physics at South African College in Cape Town. He married Elizabeth Paton[who?] in 1898.[2] They had two daughters and a son. Their son was killed while serving with the Royal Air Force in 1942.[3] For his contributions to education in South Africa, he was knighted in 1920.[4] He died in Cape Town.

  1. ^ "Beattie manuscripts archive". University of Cape Town archive. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  2. ^ O'Connor, J.J.; Robertson, E.F. (2007). "John Carruthers Beattie".
  3. ^ Crawford, Lawrence (1947). "Sir John Carruthers Beattie, Kt., D.Sc., LL.D." Royal Society of Edinburgh Year Book.
  4. ^ "No. 31931". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1920. p. 3.

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