Sir James Johnston Dobbie, FRS FRSE FIC FCS (4 August 1852 – 19 June 1924) was known for the isolation, chemical structure, and physical properties (especially UV and visible spectra) of alkaloids.
He carried out UV-VIS spectra of gaseous main group elements and organic compounds.
He was born at 189 Duke Street in Glasgow[1] on 4 August 1852 the son of Alexander Dobbie a local chemist.
His proposers were Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, Alexander Crum Brown, Ramsay Heatley Traquair and Andrew Gray.
[5] His family was long associated with Fairlie, North Ayrshire, in 1920 in retired to the village, and on 19 June 1924 he died there.