University Hall Women’s Bursary
From 1895 (if not earlier), a bursary worth £30 was offered specifically to women resident at University Hall. It was open to competition. It was described as being funded by ‘certain members of the professoriate’.…
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This category of posts covers all the things that the University of St Andrews did with the monies it was gifted in the period 1700 to 1900, from all donors (not just those connected in some way to colonialism). Many of these purposes were bursaries and scholarships, but there were also prizes and capital projects.
New Endowment Association Bursary
The New Endowment Association Bursary was founded 1877, by funds gathered by an association of alumni and friends of the University. It was specifically for entrant (first-year) students. In the 1890s, it was worth…
Endowment Association Bursary
The Endowment Association Bursary was founded 1876, by funds gathered by an association of alumni and friends of the University. In the 1890s, it was worth £20 pa, and was tenable during student’s course at United…
Cook Testimonial Prize
The Cook Testimonial Prize was founded in 1847 from a public subscription in memory of St Andrews professor George Cook (1773-1845). Cook had been professor of Moral Philosophy, but was also an ecclesiastical…
Duncan Mathematical Prize
The Duncan Testimonial Fund and Mathematics Prize was established in 1858 by an unknown number of well-wishers, in memory of Thomas Duncan (c.1777-1858), Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews from…
Dundonald Bursaries
The Dundonald Bursaries were established in 1673 by the 1st earl of Dundonald (1605-1685), who mortified land to provide bursaries to support seven students (four in ‘philosophy’- [i.e. the Faculty of Arts] and three…
Moncreiffe Bursaries
The origins of the Moncreiffe Bursaries lie in a bursary founded 1554 by Rev. Henry Whyte, Dean of Brechin. There were two Whyte bursars, one at St Salvator’s College and one at St Mary’s College. By the 1660s, the…
Maxwell Bursary
The Maxwell Bursary was created in 1751 by the will of Hugh Maxwell, the minister of Strathmartine (and alumnus of the university). He left 2,700 merks, to be mortified to produce an income for a bursar to attend the…
The Walker Trust
The Walker Trust was established in 1881 by John Walker in memory of his brother George Walker. John Walker put £7,500 into a trust ‘for furthering the usefulness or relieving the needs of the University of St Andrews…
Miller Prizes for General Scholarship
These prizes were established in 1852-53, thanks to a substantial gift from London-Scot Henry Miller. Cash prizes, of increasing value, were to be awarded to the student in each year who performed best in a special…