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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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…
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…
Thomas Moncreif (or Moncrieffe) (1626-1715)
Thomas Moncreif (sometimes: Moncrieffe) (1626-1715) was the youngest child of a merchant from Kirkwall, Orkney. In the 1650s, he was involved in negotiations with the exiled Charles II, and did well under the…
James Playfair (1736-1819)
James Playfair (1736-1819) was principal of the United College at St Andrews from 1800 to 1819. The son of a Perthshire farmer, he had been educated at St Andrews in the 1750s, and licensed as a minister in 1770. In…
James Rorie (d. before 1819)
James Rorie was apparently a servant to James Playfair (1736-1819), Principal of United College. Rorie appears to have predeceased Playfair, and had left instruction and ‘a small sum’ to found a bursary. In Playfair’s…
Rorie Bursary
The Rorie Bursary was established in 1819, in memory of James Rorie (dates unknown) who had been a servant to James Playfair (1736-1819), Principal of United College. Rorie had apparently left instruction and ‘a small…
William Thomson (d. 1794?)
William Thomson was a former magistrate of Anstruther Wester, in Fife. In a will of 1790, he left £700 to create a Thomson Bursary at the University of St Andrews. He died in 1794 (or 1797), and is commemorated with a…