David Low (agriculturalist)

In 1817 he published Observations on the Present State of Landed Property, and on the Prospects of the Landholder and the Farmer, in which was discussed the agricultural embarrassment caused by the sudden fall of prices on the cessation of the war.

Low contributed collections of his own, and employed William Shiels, R.S.A., to travel, taking portraits of the best specimens of different breeds of animals.

Altogether £3,000 was expended on the museum, of which £1,500 came from the government, £300 from the Reid fund, and the rest from the professor's private resources.

[3] He died at his home, Mayfield House[4] in Trinity, Edinburgh, on 7 January 1859, and was interred nearby at Warriston Cemetery.

The large grave site lies on the southern edge of the original cemetery, backing onto the former railway, now a cycle path.