MARTIN ANDREW WHYTE 1945-2013

摘要

Martin Whyte, born 27 March 1945 in Edinburgh, was the eldest of three children of the Rev. James Whyte and his wife Elisabeth of Oban. Here, beach-combing sowed the seeds of his enthusiasm for natural history and later, palaeontology. The family returned to Edinburgh, where he attended Daniel Stewart's College, before moving to St. Andrews in 1957. Martin attended Madras College from 1957- 1963 where he met Carol, his future wife. He went on to complete a BSc Honours Degree at St. Andrews (1967), before moving to Edinburgh where he was awarded a PhD (1973) for his thesis, 'Palaeoecology of Upper Viséan Marine Mudstones, near Dunbar, East Lothian'. Martin and Carol were married in St Andrews in 1968.