The Gifford Lectureship in Natural Theology was set up by the will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford in 1887. £15,000 was bequeathed to the University of St Andrews for a series of philosophical and theological lectures…
The will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford (1820-1887) provided for the Gifford Lectureship in Natural Theology, which was set up in 1887. Gifford was born at Park Street, Edinburgh, to the merchant James Gifford and his…
The Dow Bursary was created by the will of Peter or Patrick Dow of Balmyle. The bursary provided two bursars with £10 annually for four years, with preference for former pupils of Kirkmichael school in Blairgowrie.…
Peter or Patrick Dow of Balmyle was a Scottish-born barrister who practised law in England. Dow’s will, which is dated 25 July 1837, provided for a trust which assigned monies to Perth Royal Infirmary and to a Scottish…
The reverend John Spence (1880-1866) established the Spence Bursary at the University of St Andrews. He gave £1,000 respectively to Dundee Royal Infirmary respectively and £12,670 to the University of St Andrews and…
Born on 27 April 1800, John Spence (1800-1866) was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He was the minister of Kinnaird in Perthshire and the author of the description of the parish of Kinnarid in The New…
The Sharp Bursary was founded by John Sharp (1788-1857), who had been a very successful baker in Perth. He left £500 to fund a Sharp Bursary, to enable a student to study for the church at any Scottish University. It…
John Sharp (1788-1857) was born on 26 September 1788 in Perth and became a very successful baker in the city. He was unmarried, and left a substantial estate of £19,000 (equivalent to at least £1.9m today). In his…
The 1866 will of George Selkirk (c1786-1871) provided for a bursary to be set up after his death at the University of St Andrews. This was the Selkirk Bursary. The childless retired cloth merchant arranged that, after…
The son of labourer George Selkirk and his wife, Elizabeth Christie, George Selkirk (c.1786-1871) of Markinch was a cloth merchant and the 1861 Census records him as living on Markinch Street. He never married. A…