Students originally from Fife/Tayside
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…