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The term Ancient Universities refers to the seven British and Irish universities which were founded in the medieval and early modern period. Of these, four were established in the Kingdom of Scotland.  
The term Ancient Universities refers to the seven British and Irish universities which were founded in the medieval and early modern period. Of these, four were established in the Kingdom of Scotland.  


==== St, Andrews  ====
==== St. Andrews  ====


After Oxford and Cambridge, the third university founded (1410) in the British Isles.
After Oxford and Cambridge, the third university founded (1410) in the British Isles.  


James Maitland Anderson collected the names of early graduates in a series of works:
James Maitland Anderson collected the names of early graduates in a series of works:  
* ''Early Records of the University of St Andrews: The Graduate Roll, 1413–1579'' (1926);
 
* ''Matriculation Roll, 1473–1579'' (1926); and
*''Early Records of the University of St Andrews: The Graduate Roll, 1413–1579'' (1926);  
* "The Matriculation Roll of the University of St Andrews, 1747–1897" (1905).
*''Matriculation Roll, 1473–1579'' (1926); and  
*''The Matriculation Roll of the University of St Andrews, 1747–1897'' (1905).
 
The University's Keeper of Manuscripts and Muniments from 1974 to 1995, Dr. Robert N. Smart has compiled biographical sketches of almost 12,000 of the students, officers and external graduates of the University named in Maitland Anderson's ''The Matriculation Roll of the University of St Andrews, 1747-1897'' (1905):
 
*Robert N Smart, ''Biographical Register of the University of St Andrews 1747-1897'' (2004, St Andrews University Library, ISBN 0900896 18 X).


==== Glasgow ====
==== Glasgow ====