Keith Dix Lewis Macfarlane was born on 19 November 1895 in Hornsey, Middlesex to his parents George Hall Macfarlane (who was born in 1859 in Islington, and worked in a wholesale warehouse), and Emily Clara Macfarlane…
John Gentleman Montgomery was born in 1895 or 1896 in Falkirk, Scotland. When he matriculated at United College for two semesters in 1914, he listed St Andrews as his address. He was studying agriculture. John left St…
James Lawrence Fowlie was born on 12 February 1896 in Singapore, the eldest son of his parents Dr and Mrs Fowlie. Residing in Forres, he attended Clifton Bank School in St Andrews, later attending the University of St…
Ernest Anderson Smith was born on 14 May 1896 in Dundee. A Find My Past page details his mother Mary Jane Smith, who was born in 1866 in Marykirk, Kincardineshire and was a Marine officers wife, and an older brother,…
David Easson was born on the 15th of October 1895 in St Monance to his mother, Janet Morris, and father, David Easson, who was a grocer. His father died at the age of 47 when David was only 10 years old. David…
In the early-twentieth century, an undergraduate degree was the prerequisite for those seeking ministerial careers in the Church of Scotland. So, when four postgraduate research students matriculated at St Mary’s…
John Hall Batey was born c. 1878. He obtained a Bachelor of Letters prior to attending St Andrews and conducting divinity research for several years in the early 1920s. In 1917, he was inducted into the pastorate of…
Thomas Caldwell was born in 1883 in Galashiels to parents John Caldwell and Euphemia McLachlan. He attended Galashiels Academy and the University of St Andrews. At St Andrews, he received a Master of Arts c. 1904-1905,…
Allan Muirhead was born in 1888 to parents Allan M. and Martha Robertson Muirhead. He received several degrees at the University of St Andrews: a Master of Arts in 1914, a Bachelor of Divinity in 1918, and a Bachelor…
Reverend David Matheson Bell was born in Cambuslang on 11 May 1891 to David Bell and Elizabeth Matheson. He attended West Coats Higher Grade School, then University of Glasgow for an M.A. in 1910 and a Bachelor of…