In October 1914, a new cohort of students had just matriculated at United College in the University of St Andrews. But war had broken out just two months earlier, and at least fifteen of the new students would be in…
For some students attending the university in the early twentieth century, studying at St Andrews was a family affair. When William Maddin Scott matriculated in 1913, he carried on a family tradition. This article was…
Mary Tennyson Winckley was born in 1894. Her parents were Sidney Thorold Winckley (b.1858, an Anglican clergyman) and Elizabeth Sara Lucy Freer (b.1863), who had married in 1888. By age seven, Mary would likely go to…
William Maddin Scott was nineteen when he matriculated to the University of St Andrews in 1913, meaning he was likely born around 1894. At present, not too much is known about his life before university. His family…
Helen Simpson Gilchrist was born in 1896 in Largo, Fifeshire. Her father, James Gilchrist, was a stone and brick builder. Her mother was Elizabeth Gillis. During her time at St. Andrews, Gilchrist benefitted from the…
Helen Stiven Ross was born 17 March 1895 in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. Her family claimed a link to Robert Burns in a 1960 article, tracing Helen’s brother as a great-great-great-great-great grandson of Robert Burns’…
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. But how far did the degree further the…
David Edward Easson was born in 1897 in Wormit, Fife. His father, also David Edward Easson owned a drapery business in Wellgate, and was a city missionary in Dundee. He and his brother, John, attended Wormit Public…
Thomas Graham Mackenzie was born in Kirkden on 22 January 1896 to his parents Donald and Isabella Mackenzie, and Grandfather Thomas Graham who was a farmer in Whinfield, St. Boswells. He was the second son. The family…
Robert Wilson Bisset was born on 4 March 1895 in Pittenweem to his parents Mr and Mrs Alexander Bisset from Kilrenny, Anstruther. Robert attended school in Anstruther, where he is recorded as having received nomination…