Prof Samuel James Shand FRSE (1882–1957) was a British mineralogist and petrologist, specialising in silicate analysis and igneous petrology.
In 1881 the family had moved from Shetland to Taap Hall, a curious Georgian tenement on Ferry Road in the Leith district.
He then became a graduate student at the University of Münster and received a PhD (Promotion) there in 1906 with thesis advisor Karl Busz [de].
[3] Upon Shand's return to Scotland, he became an assistant curator in charge of the geological collections at the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh from 1907 to 1911.
During WWI he served in the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant, helping to find water resources for the British army in the Middle East.
His proposers were Sir Edward Battersby Bailey, Robert Campbell, Douglas Allan and Archibald Gordon MacGregor.
[1] The mineral shandite, a lead-nickel-sulfide occurring in the serpentine subgroup, was discovered and named in his honour by Paul Ramdohr in 1950.