He returned to Scotland in 1841 and settled on the Isle of Skye, lodging with the Cameron family at Bosville Terrace in Portree. His scientific interests turned to astronomy and a study of the aurora borealis. In 1843 and 1845, he was joined by his friend, James Forbes, a physicist and glaciologist. Together, they made the first accurate map of the Cuillins.[6]
He spent his later life mountaineering and collecting ornithological specimens. He died in Portree on 20 November 1861.[7] He is buried next to the Cameron family in the Portree churchyard.[6]
Works
Mémoire sur les oiseaux des environs de Genève, Genève : Chez J.J. Paschoud, 1823. OCLC12072634
Voyage en Écosse et aux Iles Hébrides. Genève, Paris, J.J. Paschoud, 1821. OCLC3759700
Memoire sur la vallée de Valorsine, Genève : J. Barbezat et comp., 1828. OCLC30521860
Mémoire sur le Mont Somma. Genève. : Barbezat et Delarue. 1828. OCLC68706185
Le règne minéral ramené aux méthodes de l'histoire naturelle, Paris : Levrault, 1835. OCLC8739030
Études géologiques dans les Alpes, Paris : Pitois : Langlois et Leclercq ; Strasbourg : Levrault, 1841. OCLC77840885
References
^Forbes J D,1863. Biographical account of Professor Louis Albert Necker, of Geneva, Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Proc Royal Soc Edinburgh, 5: 53-76.
^Wade N J, Campbell R N, Ross H E, Lingelbach B, 2010. Necker in Scotch perspective.' Perception, 39: 1-4.
