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Degrees, Academic

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Graduates in Science, 1888-1965

 Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/STA/9
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Graduation schedules including examinations taken, as follows:


  1. Graduates in Pure Science, to 1899
  2. Graduates in Engineering, Public Health & Agriculture, to 1899
  3. Graduates in Science, 1900-1965
Dates: 1888-1965

Honorary DD degree, 1933

 Item
Identifier: BAI 7/4
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Honorary DD degree certificate from the University of St Andrews.

Dates: 1933

Laureation and degrees albums, 1587-1896

 Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/STA/1
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4 albums containing students' signatures, signifying their graduation.

Dates: 1587-1896

Letter from William Stark to Joseph Black, 20 March 1766

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/22-25
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Letter from William Stark, London, to Joseph Black , wishing to obtain a MD in absentia from his former university (Glasgow) and referring to cases at St George's Hospital, London.

Dates: 20 March 1766

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Fanny Davies, 28 February 1925

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2115
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Letter, 28 February 1925, London, Fanny Davies to Mary Grierson. Asking Grierson on behalf of a pupil about taking a music degree under Tovey at the University of Edinburgh. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 February 1925

Letter to Edward Joseph Dent from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 November 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L66
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Letter, 14 November 1931, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Edward Joseph Dent. Description of Tovey's ideas of university musical education, comparison of Edinburgh degrees with that of Oxford and Cambridge. Typescript copy.

Dates: 14 November 1931

Letter to [Edward Speyer] from Franz Moser, 03 July 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2325
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Letter, 3 July 1927, Franz Moser to [Edward Speyer]. Outlining plans to do a doctorate in music at Edinburgh University and plans to compose chamber music. Holograph signed, L2317 - L2325 sewn together in a book.

Dates: 03 July 1927

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from B.L Seawell, 07 October 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/24
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Seawell, a former pupil of Ewart's, writes as a teacher of biology at a State Normal School in Warrensburg, Missouri, where he has recently been conducting general botany and zoology research. In particular he has been investigating the ecological relations of the life-forms of a series of small freshwater lakes in the area. He would like to know how he might go about studying for the degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 07 October 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James Richard Ainsworth-Davis, 06 January 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/2
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Ainsworth-Davis states that he is interested in the proposed developments in Veterinary Science at the University of Edinburgh and that he has written a letter about certain points raised in the Draft Ordinance relating to Veterinary Degrees. He invites Ewart to show the letter to his colleagues and goes on to outline his experience in the field and his opinions on the state of veterinary studies.

Dates: 06 January 1904

Letter to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 03 November 1912

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L230
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Letter, 3 November 1912, Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Emphasising that music should be a faculty, not part of an arts faculty. Holograph signed.

Dates: 03 November 1912