Prize certificates of Patrick George Craigie, 1859-60, 1860-61
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1457
Scope and Contents
2 prize certificates verifying that Patrick George Craigie attended classes in Mathematics and in Natural Philosophy. These are, in detail:
- 10 April 1860: Class of Mathematics, session 1859-1860, attending 'with the utmost regularity', and taking 'a very active' part in the oral examinations, and acquitting himself 'most satisfactorily' in the written examinations, Craigie 'obtained a prize', signed by Philip Kelland
- 10 April 1861: Natural Philosophy Class, session 1860-1861, signed by Peter G. Tait
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1861
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository in advance of visit.
Biographical / Historical
Patrick George Craigie CB was born in Perth, in Canada's New Brunswick, on 29 May 1843. He was a statistician who studied at Edinburgh University, and was sometime president of the Royal Statistical Society from 1902–1904. He won the Guy Medal in Gold awarded by the Royal Statistical Society in 1908.
Patrick George Craigie died on 10 January 1930.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1192
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession no: E2013.28.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 25 November 2013
Creator
Subject
- Title
- University of Edinburgh, prize certificates of Major Patrick George Craigie (1843-1930)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
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Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk