Andrew G. Stenhouse

Andrew George Stenhouse was a Scottish businessman, geologist and astronomer.

Life

Stenhouse was born in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Andrew Stenhouse, a shipbroker and joint owner of A & G Stenhouse in Leith. His father lived at 125 High Street on the Royal Mile. He was educated at the Royal [High School, Edinburgh] and then joined his father's company in Leith Docks.
In 1904, Stenhouse was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. In 1923, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Thomas [James Jehu] and Robert Campbell.
The Stenhousebreen glacier in Svalbard is named for Stenhouse, who had assisted the surveyor John Mathieson in preparing a map of Svalbard.
Stenhouse died on 12 October 1950 in Edinburgh, aged 81.