These prizes were established in 1852-53, thanks to a substantial gift from London-Scot Henry Miller. Cash prizes, of increasing value, were to be awarded to the student in each year who performed best in a special…
Henry Miller was apparently a Scot, living in London in the early 1850s. He gave the University £2,400 in 1853 to fund a series of 12 prizes for the top 3 students in each year group. The University invested the money…
In March 1828, Susan Elizabeth Low, of Clatto House, near Blebo Craigs, Fife, wrote to her son, Peter Low, with news about a recent marriage in the county: Our great Fife heiress, Miss Bruce of Falkland, is married to…
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…
The Forrester Prize in Chemistry was founded in 1887 by Walter Forrester who provided £300 to provide one prize of c.£13 to the best student of the year. Mrs Agnes Geddes, Walter’s daughter, wrote to the University of…
Walter Forrester was the son of George Forrester, a resident of Dysart, and Jane Foreman. Between 1824 and 1825, he was a student of the United College, University of St Andrews, and between 1825 and 1826, he was a…
The Arnott Prizes in Natural Philosophy were established in 1869 with a capital sum of £1,000 gifted by Neil Arnott, once a surgeon for the East India Company. The prize fund was later augmented by his widow, Marianne…
The son of a manufacturer and farmer, Dr Neil Arnott (1788-1874) was born in Arbroath and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He graduated with a Master of Arts degree from Marischal College in 1805 and, gained his MD…
The Natural History Prize was established in 1896 by John Woodall, the same year the Gatty Marine Laboratory was opened at the University of St Andrews. This was an annual prize of £20 to be awarded to the best student…
John Woodall Woodall (1831-1905), a Scarborough banker and environmentalist, established the Natural History Prize at the University of St Andrews in 1896. Having read natural sciences at Oriel College, Oxford, he saw…