[1] Born in a manse at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, he studied at Edinburgh High School before receiving a B.Sc.

[2] In 1874, he was appointed a Professor of Natural History at the University of Toronto where he would remain until he retired in 1912.

He was also instrumental in re-establishing the medical school at University of Toronto in 1887.

[3] In 1889 his textbook An introduction to zoology: for the use of high schools was published by The Copp, Clark Company in Toronto.

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