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
The Prisoner of War Who Kept His Word: the Revd Alexander Anderson (1876–1933)
Minister Alexander Anderson, was celebrated as a hero by his community in Scotland when he was detained in Germany during the Great War… until he returned home and was labeled a traitor. Alexander…
Unmasking a Matriarch: Maud Baden-Powell (1895–1981)
The story of Maud Baden-Powell remains shrouded in the shadow of the mighty legacies of her family members and the “Baden-Powell” name. However, her life can be uncovered through the…
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…
All past students
(From the period 1900-1925, that we have so far transcribed… There are many more to come!)
Margaret Owler (1895–1976), MA 1918
Margaret Martin Wilson Owler [1914-UCD-025] was born 13 September, 1895 in Dysart, near Kirkcaldy, Fife,…
Catherine Margaret Brown (1883–1976)
Catherine Brown (1902-UC1-010) was born in 1883 on Market Street in St Andrews, to William…
John Menzies (1894–1941), MA 1921
John Donald Steward Menzies [1913-UC1-047] was born in Dundee, in 1894. He studied at St…
Blema Rosen (1903–1990), MBChB 1926
Blema Rosen [1921-UCD-062] was born 30 September 1903, in Dundee. Her father was Jacob Rosen….
Madge Turnbull (1895?–after 1960), MA 1917
Madge Turnbull was educated at the High School of Dundee. She matriculated at University College…
Alek Sawyer (1903–1973), MA, BD
Alek William Sawyer [1921-UC1-065] was born on 18 February 1903 at Newmilns, Ayshire, to Fredrick…
Veera Krishna Samy (1899–1974)
Veera Krishna Samy [1921-UCD-063] was probably born on 26 July 1899. He was from Singapore,…
Susan Bisset (later, Wilson) (1902–1981), MBChB 1929
Susan Helen Bisset [1921-UCD-008] was born on 28 September 1902, in Dundee. Her father was…
Esther Hunter (later, Menzies) (1895–1983), MA 1918
Esther Hunter [1913-UC1-033] was born in Lundin Links, Fife, and received her school education there,…