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…
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Friends of George Cook, including Duncan Macfarlan
In 1847, Duncan Macfarlan organised a subscription to raise funds for a Cook Testimonial Prize ‘to commemorate the eminent services rendered to the Church of Scotland’ by Professor George Cook (1773-1845), of the…
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…
Subscribers to the Tulloch Memorial Fund
The Tulloch Memorial Fund Scholarship was created from funds raised by a public subscription in 1886, in memory of John Tulloch DD, principal of St Mary’s College. We know nothing about who, or how many people,…
Shairp Memorial Fund
The Shairp Memorial Fund was established in 1885 in memory of John Campbell Shairp, Principal of the United College at the University of St Andrews. The fund raised £466 16 s 5d by subscription. Around 180 persons…
John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885)
John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885) was born on 30 July 1819 in Houston, Linlithgowshire, to Major Norman Shairp and Elizabeth Binning Campbell. From 1799 to 1816, Major Shairp had served in the army of the Bengal…
James Martin White (1857-1928)
James Martin White (1857-1928) of Balruddery was born in New York to Elizabeth Grundy (d. 1876) and James Farquhar White (d. 1884). His father was a successful Dundee linen and jute merchant who exported textiles to…
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…
John Mitchell Keiller (1851-1899)
John Mitchell Keiller (1851-1899), born in Dundee, was the only child of Alexander Keiller and Elizabeth Mitchell. He was the grandson of James Keiller of marmalade fame, and following his father’s death, John M.…
Alexander Dick Grimond (1824-1903)
Alexander Dick Grimond (1824-1903) of Blairgowrie was the son of David Grimond, a flax spinner, and Isabella Robertson. He and his brother, Joseph, became early pioneers in the jute carpet trade. The brothers owned a…