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Biography
James Livingstone Begg FRSE FGS JP (1874 - 1958) was a Scottish geologist.
Life
He was born in Dennistoun in Glasgow in 1874 and educated at Garnethill School.
He trained as an artist in Paris for three years, but ultimately was employed in his father's business as a House Factor and Property Agent in Glasgow, becoming a partner in 1917. However, geology was his passion. He studied Geology as a series of extramural evening classes at Glasgow University, joining the Glasgow Geological Society in 1905.
He was President of the Glasgow Geological Society from 1935 to 1938. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lanark.
He died on 11 August 1958.
His large fossil collection, specialising in trilobites was gifted to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. This is known as the Begg Collection.
Family
His daughter, Nita Begg (1920-2011) was an artist.
