Alek Sawyer (1903–1973), MA, BD
Alek William Sawyer [1921-UC1-065] was born on 18 February 1903 at Newmilns, Ayshire, to Fredrick Henry Sawyer, the first Professor of Music at St Andrews, and Sarah Worsnop. He later moved to Belfast, where he was…
Tag: Origin: Scotland
Students who originally came from Scotland. Use in addition to origin-fife (and Tayside) if applicable.
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…
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 from…
Annie McGowan (1895–?)
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.…
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.
The Untold Story of an International Minister’s Wife: Helen Ross (née Cairns) (1883–1969)
Helen Ross spent her adult life moving across the world as a minister’s wife, mother, teacher, and role model within her community. Like many women of her time, the work that defined her life was unpaid and largely…