Adewale Doherty (?1894-1935)
Adewale Doherty [1921-UCD-022] was from Lagos, on the coast of west Africa (now: Nigeria). His surname may indicate that he had a European father – or that he had adopted (or been given) a European surname (for…
Tag: medicine
Students studying medicine at St Andrews, and/or awarded a medical degree (e.g. MD, or MBChB) by St Andrews. Not to be confused with tag: doctors, for those alumni who became doctors.
International medical students in the 1920s
Today, the University of St Andrews is undoubtedly international: it is estimated that 49% of our current student body is international.[1] But the presence of international students is perhaps not as new a phenomenon…
Veera Krishna Samy (1899-1974)
Veera Krishna Samy [1921-UCD-063] was probably born on 26 July 1899. He was from Singapore, and was the son of a well-respected medical practitioner. Samy had family connections in India, and a letter he later wrote to…
Ari Krishna Rama Chandra (b.1896)
Ari Krishna Rama Chandra [1921-UCD-013, sometimes written Ramachandra] was born 11th July 1896. He was from Singapore, but his family was Indian. At some point, he travelled to Britain. On census day in 1921, he was in…
Female medical students in the 1920s: an attack on the male monopoly?
Today there are typically more women at university than men, and here at St Andrews, the ratio is currently 59 women to 41 men.[1] But almost one hundred years earlier, the demographic picture was vastly different. In…
Blema Rosen (1903-1990), MBChB 1926
Blema Rosen [1921-UCD-062] was born 30 September 1903, in Dundee. Her father was Jacob Rosen. Blema went to school locally, at Morgan Academy, and in 1921, she matriculated at University College Dundee. She studied…
Jessie Strathdee, née Cranmer (1871-1956)
Jessie Graham Cranmer [1922-UC1-070] was born on 9 October 1871, in New Kilpatrick, near Glasgow. Her parents were John Cranmer, and her mother was Margaret Alexander Graham. Nothing is currently known about her early…
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 Christopher Bisset. She was educated at Harris academy and then at the High School of Dundee. In 1921, she matriculated at…