Students who attended StA as research students, regardless of whether they took a formal degree (e.g. MPhil, PhD) or not.
When the University of St Andrews introduced the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1920, it was one of the first universities in the United Kingdom to offer the qualification. But how far did the degree further the…
In the early-twentieth century, an undergraduate degree was the prerequisite for those seeking ministerial careers in the Church of Scotland. So, when four postgraduate research students matriculated at St Mary’s…
John Hall Batey was born c. 1878. He obtained a Bachelor of Letters prior to attending St Andrews and conducting divinity research for several years in the early 1920s. In 1917, he was inducted into the pastorate of…
Thomas Caldwell was born in 1883 in Galashiels to parents John Caldwell and Euphemia McLachlan. He attended Galashiels Academy and the University of St Andrews. At St Andrews, he received a Master of Arts c. 1904-1905,…
Allan Muirhead was born in 1888 to parents Allan M. and Martha Robertson Muirhead. He received several degrees at the University of St Andrews: a Master of Arts in 1914, a Bachelor of Divinity in 1918, and a Bachelor…
Reverend David Matheson Bell was born in Cambuslang on 11 May 1891 to David Bell and Elizabeth Matheson. He attended West Coats Higher Grade School, then University of Glasgow for an M.A. in 1910 and a Bachelor of…
Gertrude Maud Walsh was born in Cheshire to Thomas Makinson and Mary Emily Walsh. She married the chemist Robert Robinson in 1912. They had two children: Marion and Michael Robinson. Gertrude Robinson conducted…
Constant Frederik Van Duin was born in 1891 in Vollenhove, Holland. He obtained a Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Science at Utrecht University in 1912, 1914, and 1918, respectively. Throughout his university years, he…
Hidejiro Nishikawa was born c. 1892 and lived in Tokyo, Japan. From 1921–1923, he conducted chemistry research at the University of St Andrews, which was published shortly thereafter. Some of this research was…
Fridtjof Emil Kjelsberg was born c. 1897 in Winterthur, Switzerland. He obtained a degree in engineering chemistry from the Federal Polytechnicum in Zurich. From 1920-1922, he conducted chemistry research at the…