Taken in isolation, the life and career of the renowned mineralogist Matthew Forster Heddle (known as ‘Forster’) could hardly appear more Scottish or Scotland-bound. Born in 1828 in Hoy to two old Orkney families,…
William Carmichael McIntosh, or M’Intosh, (1838-1931) is remembered both as a pioneer in marine zoology and for his contributions to fisheries science. [1] At St Andrews, McIntosh’s legacy stems from his time as…
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…
The Gatty Marine Laboratory at the University of St Andrews opened in 1896. It replaced the St Andrews Fisheries Laboratory that had been running since 1884: that laboratory had been created by professor William…
Charles Henry Gatty (1836-1903) was born in Marylebone, London, to George Gatty and Frances Jenkinson Sayer, and he was educated at Eton and then at Trinity College, Cambridge. Upon his father’s death in 1864, Charles…
In his 1808 will, John Gray left the University of St Andrews £2,000 overall, £1,500 of which was for the Gray Chair of Chemistry, from the will to invest in land or other stocks. Gray died in 1811, but the…