born Kent 1867, died Godalming 1954
began training at Heronden Hall and other gardens before going to Cambridge Botanic Garden. He then proceeded to Kew in 1891 where he became subforeman in charge of the Fern Department. In 1893 he moved to RBG Edinburgh to become foreman of the Glass Department, eventally becoming Assistant Head Gardener and then Curator. In 1931 he became Director of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley.
Economic Botanist: Particular interests in India Rubber and Gutta Percha
Curator Royal Pharmaceutical Society Library and Museum, London 1868-1872
Curator Raffles Library and Museum, Singapore 1874-1877
Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Michie was a Probationer Gardener at RBGE starting in September 1948, eventually becaming a Botanical Foreman before leaving in July 1954 to work at the Institute of Parks, Lower Basildon, Reading.