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.…
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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…
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…
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…
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…