Scott Bursary
The Scott Bursary was established in 1893, thanks to a £1,000 bequest by George Scott (d.1893). Scott had intended to create a scholarship, but his executors agreed that the funds be used instead for a bursary. It was…
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George Scott (d.1893)
George Scott (d.1893) was originally from Perthshire, and maintained a home there even after moving to London. He became the Managing Director of Charles Kinloch & Co, a wine, whisky and brandy merchants located on…
William Russell (c.1808-1885)
William Russell (c.1808-1885) was born in Kilconquhar into a Fife farming family, and educated alongside his brother James Russell (c.1809-1877) at the University of St Andrews between 1822 and 1824. Little is known…
Russell Bursary
The Russell Bursary was established in 1885 by a benefaction of £5,000 from William Russell, in appreciation of the education received at St Andrews by him and his brother, James. The bursaries were to be awarded,…
Mackay Bursary
The Mackay Bursary was founded in 1808 by Duncan Mackay (1741-1808). He mortified the sum of £300 to support one bursar at United College. At Mackay’s behest, the following year the College used a portion of the funds…
Duncan Mackay (1741-1808)
Duncan Mackay (1741-1808) was born to Donald and Christina[?] Mackay in the district of Breadalbane near Loch Tay. He attended United College from 1758, gaining his M.A. in 1762. He then studied divinity at St. Mary’s…
Craig-Buchanan Bursary
The Craig-Buchanan Bursary was established by George Dalziel Craig-Buchanan (1772-1842, qv), minister of Kinross from 1804 until his death in 1842. The deed of Disposition and Settlement was written in 1832, and…
George Dalziel Craig-Buchanan (1772-1842)
George Dalziel Craig–Buchanan (1772-1842) was the son of Penicuik and Edinburgh architect James Craig and Mary Dalziel, and he was baptised in 1772. George Craig (as he then was) was educated at the University of…
Chancellor’s Prize
The Chancellor’s Prize was established in 1766 by Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710-1787), who had been elected Chancellor of the University a year earlier. Kinnoull gave £100 to establish four prizes to be…
Carstairs Prize in Mathematics
The Carstairs Prize in Mathematics was founded in 1835 by John Carstairs (1758-1837), a former student who became a military surgeon in India and then London merchant. Carstairs wished to stimulate ‘the ardour and…