“cut their heads off and boiled them in paraffin tins on the kitchen stove”
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Robert Broom
Robert Broom FRS FRSE was a British-South African medical doctor and palaeontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow.
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science · South African doctor and palaeontologist (1866–1951) · paleontologist · paleoanthropologist · university teacher · physician · writer · geologist · also Robert Broom, Broom, R. Broom
Born 30 November 1866 · Died 6 April 1951 · Q359576
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2026· 6 entries
Popverse: Intellectual = boring for Image Comics' COO Robert Kirkman, and he's hoping to "broom the boring out of comics"
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CTV News: Homeward Bound: Meet ‘Dust Bunny’ and ‘Broom’
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Tom's Hardware: 3D-printing enthusiast creates ‘Flock Sock’ to blind controversial cameras, shares design — slip-on cover attaches to broom handle to make it easy to put on devices placed on traffic and streetlights
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Oswego County News Now: PureHealth Research Explores Horse Chestnut and Butcher's Broom in Supplements for Vein Health
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The Daily Dot: Woman Tries to Bypass NYC Subway Fare Gates With a Wig and Broom — ‘It Still Didn’t Work’
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1951· 1 entry
Died 1951-04-06.
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1949· 1 entry
Won Wollaston Medal (1949).
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1946· 1 entry
Won Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1946).
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1937· 1 entry
Broom made his most famous discovery, by defining the robust hominin genus Paranthropus with his discovery of Paranthropus robustus
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1934· 1 entry
With the staff of the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria as an Assistant in Palaeontology
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1928· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1928).
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1913· 1 entry
Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1913).
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1907· 1 entry
That they descended from "the race which built the Pyramids" and "Mongoloids", but had "degenerated" due to South Africa's hot climate
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1895· 2 entries
And received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow
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Travelled to Australia, supporting himself by practising medicine
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1893· 1 entry
Married Mary Baird Baillie, his childhood sweetheart
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1866· 1 entry
Born 1866-11-30.
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