It is 1901, and you are going to university. What do you imagine you will study? Greek and Latin were the traditional basis of much education, or you might choose something like medicine, so you can work in a…
John Hardie Wilson devoted his life to botany. He studied botany, taught botany, worked in botany, travelled to see botany, travelled to study botany, and travelled to see how other people studied botany. Wilson was a…
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 from…
Margaret Mary Black [1913-UCD-004], of Dundee, entered University College Dundee in 1913. She was in training under the Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers. In her second year, she received the…
Margaret Martin Wilson Owler [1914-UCD-025] was born 13 September, 1895 in Dysart, near Kirkcaldy, Fife, and educated at the local high school until 1912. She attended University College Dundee from 1914 to 1918,…
Annie May McGowan [1913-UC1–042] appears to have been born on February 28th, 1895, in Girvan, Ayrshire. She appears to have been educated at Madras College in St Andrews, where she took examinations in 1911 and 1913.…
Agnes Marion Hogg [1914-UC1-033] was born in Montrose, Forfarshire, in 1896, and entered the United College in 1914. She studied under the Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers. Although she had not placed…
Cohort 1: spring 2026 The History of the University VIP launched in January 2026. Our first cohort had 12 students, including 1st, 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates.
Agnes Sinclair Ferguson [1913-UC1-024] came from Auchtermuchty, in Fife. She arrived at the University of St Andrews in 1913 at the age of 18, to study under the St Andrews provincial committee for the training of…
Beatrice Emma Fernie [1913-UC1-025] entered United College at 18 years old in 1913, with a home address in Ipswich. In 1913 and 14, she studied Math, Logic, and Latin as part of her training under the St Andrews…