Cook Testimonial Prize
The Cook Testimonial Prize was founded in 1847 from a public subscription in memory of St Andrews professor George Cook (1773-1845). Cook had been professor of Moral Philosophy, but was also an ecclesiastical…
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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…
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…
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,…