James Thomson was born around 1845 and having gained a Clark Scholarship, he first matriculated at the University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1864 . He took classes in Latin, Logic, Ethics, Greek, Mathematics, Physics, Hebrew, Divinity, Ecclesiastical History, and Biblical Critisism. He graduated with an MA in 1874. He was awarded the Rae Wilson Gold Medal for the best essay on The Christology of the Synoptic Gospels, in 1875 . James Thomson died in Badenweiler, Germany in 1876 aged 31. The James Thomson Philosophical Entrance Bursary was founded in 1878 on the proceeds of a sum of 300 pounds sterling. The bursary still continues today.
Angus Macbeth Thomson, born in India in 1914 , was the son of David Thomson who worked in the Indian Educational Service. Angus was also the great nephew of James Thomson. Angus began attending the University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1931 . He took classes in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery Pathology, Bacteriology and Materia Medicine. He graduated BSc in 1934 , before going on to take classes in Medicine, Midwifery and Surgery to complete his MB ChB in 1937 . He went on to become a doctor. Angus Thomson died in Newcastle in 1994.
From the guide to the Papers of James Thomson, c1845-1876, arts and divinity student, University of Glasgow, Scotland and Angus Macbeth Thomson, 1914-1994, medical student, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1874-1990, (Glasgow University Archives Service)
