Douglas William Greig, chemist, was the eldest son of J.H. Greig and his wife M. Greig, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. He was employed at the Modderfontein Dynamite Factory and as co-author of William Cullen* published a paper on "Analysis of gases from burning nitro-glycerine explosives" in the Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South Africa (1909/10, Vol. 10, p. 90).

Greig was a member of the Modderfontein church choir. He died at Modderfontein, at the age of 26, and was buried there. He was not married.

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FamilySearch: Douglas William Greig. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-D9L4-W?view=index&personArk=/ark:/61903/1:1:7JBW-X7PZ&action=view and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-DYYT?view=index&personArk=/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHW-L9K2&action=view

Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South Africa, 1909/10, Vol. 10, paper by W. Cullen and D.W. Greig.

Compiled by: C. Plug

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