Agnes Hogg (1896–?), MA 1918
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…
Tag: 1910s
Students who were at StA in the 1910s
Agnes Ferguson (later, Ingle) (1895?–after 1965)
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 Fernie (later, Evans) (1895–?)
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 Menzies (1894–1941), MA 1921
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 (later, Menzies) (1895–1983), MA 1918
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 Peacock (1895–1960), MA 1917
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…
St Andrews’ role in the training of teachers
From 1905, would-be teachers in Scotland were trained under the auspices of the Provincial Committees for the Training of Teachers. In this article, I explore St Andrews’ role in teacher-training, through a study of…
Calling all Chemists: St Andrews and the Great War
On the 22nd April 1915, chlorine gas was first released in a small village in Belgium. Its impact would be felt in St Andrews, where its use would change the trajectory of countless lives, including those of Walter…
St Andrews and the Making of a Chemist: Edmund Langley Hirst (1898–1975)
Edmund Langley Hirst arrived at St Andrews with ambitions of a degree in Classics. His experience in St Andrews’ chemistry laboratories during the First World War would shape his life as a scientific pioneer. There,…
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 stories of those she was closest…