# George Coull

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{{Short description|Scottish pharmaceutical chemist}}
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[[File:The villa terminating Smiths Place in Leith.JPG|thumb|280px|The impressive villa terminating Smiths Place in [Leith](/source/Leith) was George Coull's home and the office of Raimes Clark & Co]]
Dr '''George Coull''' [FRSE](/source/FRSE) (1862? – 10 January 1934) was a Scottish pharmaceutical chemist. He served as Managing Director of '''Raimes Clark & Co''', parent company to Scotland's largest independent chemist, '''Lindsay & Gilmour'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Illustrated History of Lindsay and Gilmour and Raimes Clark and Co Ltd |url=http://www.lindsayandgilmour.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/An-Illustrated-History-of-Lindsay-and-Gilmour-and-Raimes-Clark-and-Co-Ltd.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118083256/http://www.lindsayandgilmour.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/An-Illustrated-History-of-Lindsay-and-Gilmour-and-Raimes-Clark-and-Co-Ltd.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2015 |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

==Life==

He was born in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh) in about 1862. He attended [Daniel Stewart's College](/source/Daniel_Stewart's_College) where he excelled. He was then apprenticed to a pharmacist, taking extra lessons and exams in pharmacology at [Surgeons' Hall](/source/Surgeons'_Hall).

For most of his life he lived on the first floor of the impressive Georgian villa at the end of Smiths Place, off [Leith Walk](/source/Leith_Walk) in Edinburgh, above the offices of Raimes, Clark & Co for whom he acted as managing director.<ref>The Yearbook of Pharmacy, 1898</ref><ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory, 1932</ref>

The [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) awarded him a (DSc) in 1899.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Coull |first=George |date=1899 |title=Thesis on the preparation of phenyl-betaine |language=en |publisher=University of Edinburgh|hdl=1842/23813 }}</ref>

He was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) in 1929. His proposers were [George Barger](/source/George_Barger), [Alfred Archibald Boon](/source/Alfred_Archibald_Boon), [Alexander Lauder](/source/Alexander_Lauder_(chemist)), and [Leonard Dobbin](/source/Leonard_Dobbin_(chemist)).<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2006 |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2013 |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> He served on the Board of Examiners for the training of pharmacists in Scotland. He was elected a member of Edinburgh Town Council in 1913 and rose to the level of [Bailie](/source/Bailie) of the Burgh. He was also a senior member of the Edinburgh Gas Commission, giving invaluable professional information relating to Edinburgh's gas supply. In 1928-29 he served as President of the Stewarts College Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smcfpclub.org.uk/smcfpclub/Distinguished%20Former%20Pupils.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-09-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927045028/http://www.smcfpclub.org.uk/smcfpclub/Distinguished%20Former%20Pupils.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

He died on 10 January 1934. He was survived by a widow, two daughters and two sons.<ref>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol 54, January 1935</ref>

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