Records of University College, Dundee, being the University of St Andrews in Dundee. 1871-1953

Baxter Mary Ann 1801-1884

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University of Dundee

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The University of Dundee was established by Royal Charter on 1 August 1967. The creation of the University was due to increasing political pressures to admit more students to higher education. Under these pressures it became untenable for Queens College, Dundee to continue as it was, as a college of the University of St Andrews. The Robbins Committee Report of 1963 stated that full-time education should be open to all who were qualified. Local town planning regulations prevented sig...

Baxter John Boyd 1796-1882

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University College, Dundee 1881-1953

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University of St. Andrews.

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The collection of papyri in the University Library is of some antiquity and unclear provenance. From the guide to the Papyrii collection of the University of St Andrews, 22AD-299AD, (University of St Andrews) The University of St Andrews was the first university in Scotland. In 1410 a school of higher studies was established and on 28 February 1411/12 the society of masters and scholars received formal incorporation through a charter granted by the Bishop, Henry...

University College, Dundee being the University of St Andrews at Dundee.

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There was a growing insistence in the 1870s among Dundee's elite that the city both needed and was worthy of an institution of higher education. Early suggestions as to its form included an Institute of Adult Education run by the University of St Andrews or a University School of Medicine. The first proposal for a Dundee college was made in 1874, the market was tested by university extension lectures from St Andrews in 1875-6 and a Royal Commission report of 1878 recommended the est...

Wimberley Douglas Neil 1896-1983 Major General and Principal of College, 1946-54

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