Dr Robert Meldrum Craig FRSE FGS (13 July 1882 – 28 March 1956) was a prominent Scottish geologist and academic author.
[1] He was born on 13 July 1882 in Ardentinny in Argyllshire in northern Scotland, the son of Rev Robert Craig, the local minister.
James Manson Craig, Professor of English at the University of St Andrews was also his brother.
In the First World War he served first in the Durham Light Infantry then in the 5th South Staffordshire Regiment (rising to the rank of Captain).
[5] His proposers were Thomas James Jehu, John Horne, Ben Peach, and Robert Campbell.