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.
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…
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…
John Donald Steward Menzies [1913-UC1-047] was born in Dundee, in 1894. He studied at St Andrews under the provincial committee for the training of teachers for at least two years, before joining the 5th (provincial…
Esther Hunter [1913-UC1-033] was born in Lundin Links, Fife, and received her school education there, before moving to the Leven Higher Grade School, and then to Waid Academy. In 1913, aged 18, she matriculated in the…
Elizabeth Blyth Peacock [1913-UC1-055] was born in 1895, in the St Peter’s district of Dundee. She was the third daughter of Andrew L. Peacock, a heating engineer, and Mary W. Proctor. By 1901, the family was living in…
Catherine Brown (1902-UC1-010) was born in 1883 on Market Street in St Andrews, to William Grant Methven Brown and Mary Brown. She was the eldest of ten children; her siblings were: Francis, Hannah, Charlotte, Agnes,…