Alumni
All those who studied at St Andrews from 1579 to 1897 have an entry in the Biographical Register of the University of St Andrews, which is available in print or searchable online.
Our VIP teams have been transcribing the records of students since 1898, and researching their lives. They will eventually form part of a revised/expanded edition of the Biographical Register, but until that moment, we share some of them here. You can browse through the articles below, explore via the tag cloud (right), or search via the searchbox (top right).
Featured profiles
Rocking Around the World: Robert Craig (1882–1956) and the making of a Geologist
The life of Robert Craig (1882-1956), a Scottish geologist and academic, reflects both fundamental developments in the professional world of geology and the profound personal impacts of an undergraduate education…
Tammas Broon: ‘Lad O’ Pairts’
The Value of a Doctorate in 1928: David Edward Easson’s Story
When the University of St Andrews introduced the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1920, it was one of the first universities in the United Kingdom to offer the qualification….
All past students
(From the period 1900-1925, that we have so far transcribed… There are many more to come!)
Margaret Black (later, Chalmers) (1895?–1965), MA 1917
Margaret Mary Black [1913-UCD-004], of Dundee, entered University College Dundee in 1913. She was in…
Thomas Graham Mackenzie (1896–1917)
Thomas Graham Mackenzie was born in Kirkden on 22 January 1896 to his parents Donald…
The Value of a Doctorate in 1928: David Edward Easson’s Story
When the University of St Andrews introduced the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1920,…
Fridtjof Kjelsberg (1897–?)
Fridtjof Emil Kjelsberg was born c. 1897 in Winterthur, Switzerland. He obtained a degree in…
Helen Stiven Ross (1895–1990)
Helen Stiven Ross was born 17 March 1895 in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. Her family…
Margaret Owler (1895–1976), MA 1918
Margaret Martin Wilson Owler [1914-UCD-025] was born 13 September, 1895 in Dysart, near Kirkcaldy, Fife,…
Keith Dix Lewis Macfarlane (1895–1917)
Keith Dix Lewis Macfarlane was born on 19 November 1895 in Hornsey, Middlesex to his…
Madge Turnbull (1895?–after 1960), MA 1917
Madge Turnbull was educated at the High School of Dundee. She matriculated at University College…
Thomas Caldwell (1883 –1966)
Thomas Caldwell was born in 1883 in Galashiels to parents John Caldwell and Euphemia McLachlan….