John Gulland Osborne


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From United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Date of birth 1895-1897
Date of death 1985-1986
Age between 87 and 92 years old
Gender Male
Groups
Scottish Mountaineering Club Vice-President 1949–1951
Treasurer 1936–1949

Managing Director of a Leith tannery, Chairman of the Edinburgh Savings Bank, and a founder of Linburn, the Scottish National Institute for the War Blinded; he was made an OBE in 1970. He was the first President of the Edinburgh Section of the JMCS in 1925, joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1931, and was Hon. Treasurer from 1936 to 1949 and a Vice-President from 1949 to 1951. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 177 - Vol 33 - 1986 /library/7083/smcj-number-177---vol-33---1986

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16 contributions since 10th October 2026.

Quick Info

From United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Date of birth 1895-1897
Date of death 1985-1986
Age between 87 and 92 years old
Gender Male
Groups
Scottish Mountaineering Club Vice-President 1949–1951
Treasurer 1936–1949

Managing Director of a Leith tannery, Chairman of the Edinburgh Savings Bank, and a founder of Linburn, the Scottish National Institute for the War Blinded; he was made an OBE in 1970. He was the first President of the Edinburgh Section of the JMCS in 1925, joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1931, and was Hon. Treasurer from 1936 to 1949 and a Vice-President from 1949 to 1951. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 177 - Vol 33 - 1986 /library/7083/smcj-number-177---vol-33---1986

Contributors
16 contributions since 10th October 2026.

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