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Provost Daniel Mearns
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Provost Daniel Mearns

Historic Photographs
David Oswald
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Provost Daniel Mearns
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2036
Provost Daniel Mearns
Daniel Mearns (1838 - 12th February 1913) served as Provost of Aberdeen from 1895-1898. He was the youngest son of a shipmaster in Aberdeen, also called Daniel Mearns, and worked as a ship chandler in the firm of Mr P. Buyers at Regent Quay. He enter the city council in 1876 and was also a member of the Harbour Board up until his death. He was involved in many schemes to improve the city such as encouraging the Corporation to purchase tramways and the construction of the larger market. Mearns also served on the Scottish Fishery Board and the Marine Board, was Consul to Argentina and a Governor of Robert Gordon's Technical College.
Aberdeen
Portraits
D17_19
Aberdeen Local Studies
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