Two volumes entitled "Edinburgh Medical Graduates 1705-1866" and "St Andrews University. List of Graduates", annotated by William Johnston
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two volumes entitled "Edinburgh Medical Graduates 1705-1866" and "St Andrews University. List of Graduates", compiled and annotated by Colonel William Johnston (1843-1914).
The Edinburgh volume contains pages of the book List of the Graduates in Medicine in the University of Edinburgh : From MDCCV to MDCCCLXVI, each page pasted separately, and annotated by the compiler Colonel William Johnson. The annotations give biographical details (in particular their date of death) on medical students who later worked in the military. Manuscript date in the volume: February 1911.
The St Andrews volume is similar, with more typescript additions. It contains pages of the book St. Andrews University Calendar from 1800 to 1860 with a Supplement to the Present Time, also annotated by Johnston with biographical details on some students. Some lists were written by hand, and copied from the supplement of said book. William Johnston also notes at the beginning that: "The list of 513 persons who received the degree of Doctors of Medicine between 1770 and 1779 (p. 276) ... was copied from the University Records in January 1909, under the superintendence of Mr J. Maitland Anderson, Libraran to the University." Manuscript date in the volume: 1909.
Dates
- Creation: 1860-1911
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
2 Volumes ; 25 x 29.5 x 6 cm, and 24 x 29.5 x 4 cm.
Previous reference
Df.4.64; Df.4.65
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Rare Books collection in December 2024.
Bibliography
St. Andrews University Calendar from 1800 to 1860 with a Supplement to the Present Time. St Andrews: Melville Fletcher Edinburgh, 1860.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in January-February 2025.
Subject
- University of St Andrews (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
- Title
- Two volumes entitled "Edinburgh Medical Graduates 1705-1866" and "St Andrews University. List of Graduates", annotated by William Johnson, 1860-1911
- Author
- Aline Brodin
- Date
- February 2025
- Description rules
- Isad(g)2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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