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’.…
Tag: 1850-1900
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…
The Endowment Association
The Endowment Association – formally, the ‘Association for the better endowment and extension of the University of St Andrews’ – had its origins in 1865, but was reconstituted in 1877. In its later incarnation, it had…
Students of Thomas Duncan
In 1858, a public subscription raised funds for a Testimonial Fund and Mathematical Prize in memory of the late Thomas Duncan (c.1777-1858), who had been Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews from…
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…
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…
John Walker (c1794-1884), and George Walker
John Walker (c.1794-1884) was from a farming family in Fife. He was probably a younger son of farmer Arthur Walker of Pitblado and Agnes Millar, and took up the tenancy of his father’s farm at Newbigging of Ceres. He…
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…
Henry Miller (fl.1850s)
Henry Miller was apparently a Scot, living in London in the early 1850s. He gave the University £2,400 in 1853 to fund a series of 12 prizes for the top 3 students in each year group. The University invested the money…