Prof Douglas McKie FRSE FRIC FSA (1896–1967) was a British chemist and science historian.
He was the son of James McKie of Port William in Scotland, and his wife, Janet Moseley.
[1] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the South Wales Borders in 1916, and joined the troops on the Western Front in Flanders, as part of the First World War.
However, his military career came to an abrupt end in July 1917, when he was severely injured during an attack on the Germans in the early days of the Battle of Passchendaele.
[3] In 1963 he was the recipient of the Dexter Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry from the American Chemical Society[5] due to his work on both Joseph Black and Lavoisier.