For the opening of this year’s programme, KDSA welcomes Professor Niall Logan, formerly of Glasgow Caledonian University. He will give an illustrated talk on notable Baldernock residents and the development of the area over several centuries.
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Niall Logan held a personal chair in Systematic Bacteriology, and in 2017 was awarded the international Bergey Medal in recognition of outstanding and life-long contributions to the field of bacterial classification and identification. In 2020 a new genus of bacteria was named after him – Niallia! Although it did not become his career, his first love was archaeology and he has now found his way back to it. A keen amateur of vernacular architecture, he has single-handedly restored his 18th-century farmhouse over 40 years, is Chairman of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, and is a trustee of the Auchindrain Township near Inveraray. In 2013 he co-founded the Baldernock Local History Group, and devotes much of his time to landscape archaeology and archive study, from the post-medieval period onwards.
The meeting will be held in The Park Centre, 45 Kerr Street, Kirkintilloch G66 1LF at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th October 2022. Visitors are welcome to attend without charge.
