Papers of Matthew Niven, c.1859-1899, arts and law student, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1883-1884

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Papers of Matthew Niven, c.1859-1899, arts and law student, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1883-1884

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University of Glasgow (1451- : Glasgow, Scotland)

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These are Economic History lecture notes, possibly a lecturer's own notes. There are 6 notebooks within a slipcase. On the slipcase is written in pencil "Dr James Cunnison? Alec Macfie?" The identification of the author of these notes is not certain. There is one letter within volume 6 addressed to Dr Cunnison, but without a comparison of handwriting it has not possible to assign these notes to Dr Cunnison. References within the notes would indicate that they were written after 1924. ...

Niven, Matthew (c.1859-1899: arts and law student, University of Glasgow, Scotland)

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Matthew Niven was born in c.1859 in Carmunnock, Lanarkshire. He was a law student at the University of Glasgow from 1877-1885 , although he did not seem to graduate from the University, and only took classes there. From 1877-1879 he studied English Literature, Logic and Economics. For the first year of his Law degree, 1882-1883, he studied Scotch Law; during the second and third academic sessions, 1883-1885, he took conveyancing. Matthew Niven was later employed at Brownlie, Watson ...