FPS

Pharmaceutical chemist and historian of pharmacy

Eleventh President of the Society, 1974-77

The foremost historian of pharmacy, particularly in Scotland, Mr Drummond's work in this filed was recognised in 1966 when the Pharmacautical Society instituted its Fellowship and he was elected with some other eminent pharmacists in the first election. Later, in 1969, he was awarded that Society's Charter Medal. His contributions to the history of pharmacy are extensive, delightfully written and all bearing the stamp of scholarship. His Pharmacy and Medicine in Old Edinburgh (1953) and his paper on Adam Drummind of Megginch, Surgeo-Apithecary 1679-1758 (Report of Proceedings, 1972-73) are outstanding contributions. He has served on the Committee of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy and is chairman on the Scottish Committees for the History of Pharmacy.