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…
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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…
Hugh Maxwell (c1681-1751)
Hugh Maxwell (c1681-1751) left funds to create the Maxwell Bursary. He was the son of a Dundee merchant, and had been educated at St Andrews, taking an MA in 1702 before becoming a minister. He served in parishes in…
Reflecting on the Berry Bequest (1889), by Tom Jones and Emma Sutton
At his death in 1889, David Berry left £100,000 to the University of St Andrews. At the time, it was by far the largest donation the University had ever received, and it helped the University out of very significant…
The colonial ambitions of Principal George Hill, by Maia Sheridan
By all accounts, George Hill (1750-1819), principal of St Mary’s College in the University of St Andrews, and Church of Scotland minister, was affable, intelligent and eloquent. He is remembered as an influential…
Charles Stuart Grace (1859-1936)
Charles Stuart Grace (1859-1936) was born in St Andrews to Stuart Grace, a solicitor and bank agent, and Jesse Ranken Playfair. He attended Madras College and Fettes College in Edinburgh, then studied at United College…
William Smith (c. 1799-1872)
William Smith (c. 1799-1872) was born in Glasgow. He was briefly a student at the United College, St Andrews (c.1822) and around the same time, became a druggist and chemist on South Street, St Andrews. He was active…
Smith Bursary
The Smith Bursary was created by William Smith in 1861. It was designated to support a pious, evangelical student aiming for the Congregational ministry who would undertake a ‘literary’ education at St Andrews and then…
Smeaton Bursary
The ‘Smeaton Bursary’ originally began in 1895 as an annual £20 donation given by Robert M. Smeaton to fund a United College prize. In 1905, he gave £750 to establish a permanent bursary ‘in memory of [his] honoured…
John Lawson (c.1660-1698)
The son of James Lawson, baxter burgess of Dundee, John Lawson was born c.1660 and became a matriculand of St Leonard’s College. He passed trials before presbytery of Dundee 28.1.1682 and became chaplain to Bishop of…