Andrew George Stenhouse (1869-1950) was a Scottish businessman, geologist and astronomer.
Life Stenhouse was born in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Andrew Stenhouse, a shipbroker and joint owner of A & G Stenhouse in Leith. His father lived at 125 High Street on the Royal Mile.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1880 He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and then joined his father's company in Leith Docks.Royal Society of Edinburgh Yearbook 1951
In 1904, Stenhouse was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.Minutes of the Geological Society of London 1951 In 1923, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Thomas James Jehu and Robert Campbell.
The Stenhousebreen glacier in Svalbard is named for Stenhouse, who had assisted the surveyor John Mathieson in preparing a map of Svalbard.
Stenhouse died on 12 October 1950 in Edinburgh, aged 81.
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