Ronald Farquharson Collection 1951 - 1958

Farquharson family

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Makin Brian Professor, School of Engineering, University of Dundee

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St. Andrews University.

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The Student Directory kept a record of all those enrolled at St Andrews University each year. From the guide to the St Andrews University students' directory, 1885-1887, 1885-1887, (University of St Andrews) ...

Port of Dundee

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Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers

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University College, Dundee

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University College Dundee was established on the last day of 1881. The Principal and the first four professors were appointed in 1882 and the College officially opened on 5 October 1883. The creation of the College was due to a growing insistence amongst Dundee's elite that the city both needed and was worthy of university level education. The College was financed by a Deed of Endowment with the bulk of the money, 120,000, coming from Mary Ann Baxter, a member of the prominent texti...

Farquharson, Ronald

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Ronald Farquharson, M.I.C.E., B.Sc was a Chartered Civil Engineer who studied at University College, Dundee before graduating from St Andrew's University. He was a member of the University Officer Training Corps (1936-1940). As an officer in the Royal Engineers he served in India, Burma and the Far East during World War II. He was the Resident Engineer for the construction of Queen Elizabeth Wharf at Dundee Harbour in the early 1950s and wrote the history of the Harbour for the 1951 Harbour Hand...