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== Universities == | == Universities == | ||
Scotland's universities developed in three distinct stages: the ancient universities ('''St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh''') were founded in the 15th and 16th centuries; the plate glass universities ('''Dundee, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Stirling''') raised to university status in the 1960s; and the newest group ('''Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley, Robert Gordon, Abertay''') elevated to university status in the 1990s. | Scotland's universities developed in three distinct stages: the ancient universities ('''St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh''') were founded in the 15th and 16th centuries; the plate glass universities ('''Dundee, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Stirling''') raised to university status in the 1960s; and the newest group ('''Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley, Robert Gordon, Abertay''') elevated to university status in the 1990s.<ref name="he_adoe">'higher education' in Susan Wallace (ed.), ''A Dictionary of Education'', (Oxford University Press, 2009) Print ISBN-13: 9780199212064. Published online: 2009-2012, eISBN: 9780191727443.</ref> {{wikipedia|List of universities in Scotland}} | ||
=== The Ancient Universities === | === The Ancient Universities === | ||
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==== 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. Main campus located in {St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland|St Andrews]. | ||
{{wikipedia|University of St Andrews}} | |||
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: | ||
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*Robert N Smart, ''Biographical Register of the University of St Andrews 1747-1897'' (2004, St Andrews University Library, ISBN 0900896 18 X). | *Robert N Smart, ''Biographical Register of the University of St Andrews 1747-1897'' (2004, St Andrews University Library, ISBN 0900896 18 X). | ||
==== Glasgow ==== | ==== Glasgow ==== | ||
Founded 1451 and the fourth oldest university in the British Isles. | |||
{{wikipedia|University of Glasgow}} | |||
The University is compiling a searchable database of graduates and has reached 1913: | |||
*[http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/browse-graduates/ Browse an alphabetical list of graduates to 1913] | *[http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/browse-graduates/ Browse an alphabetical list of graduates to 1913] | ||
This builds on the work of W. I. Addison who compiled ''A Roll of the Graduates of the University of Glasgow from 1727 to 1897'' (1898). | This builds on the work of W. I. Addison who compiled ''A Roll of the Graduates of the University of Glasgow from 1727 to 1897'' (1898). | ||
==== Aberdeen ==== | ==== Aberdeen ==== | ||
Founded 1494. | Founded 1494 as King's College, [[Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland|Aberdeen]]. Aberdeen's second university college, Marischal College was established in 1593. The two were merged in 1860 as the University of Aberdeen. {{wikipedia|University of Aberdeen}} The names of early graduates and officers can be found in: | ||
*P. J. Anderson and J. F. K. Johnstone, ''Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis, 1593–1860'' (3 vols, 1889–98) | |||
* P. J. Anderson and J. F. K. Johnstone, ''Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis, 1593–1860'' (3 vols, 1889–98) | *P. J. Anderson, ''Officers and Graduates of University and King's College, Aberdeen, 1495–1860'' (1893). | ||
* P. J. Anderson, ''Officers and Graduates of University and King's College, Aberdeen, 1495–1860'' (1893). | |||
==== Edinburgh ==== | ==== Edinburgh ==== | ||
Founded 1582. | Founded 1582 as Tonius College, in 1617 renamed King James's College. {{wikipedia|University of Edinburgh}} | ||
An incomplete list from 1587 (see the note on sources and coverage): | An incomplete list from 1587 (see the note on sources and coverage): | ||
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*[http://www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/alumni Alumni, The University of Edinburgh] | *[http://www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/alumni Alumni, The University of Edinburgh] | ||
== Family History Library == | === Later establishments === | ||
==== Dundee ==== | |||
A university college was opened in [Dundee, Angus, Scotland|Dundee] in 1883 as an extension of St. Andrew's University. In the reforms of 1960s, the college gained its institutional independence as a university.<ref>Lindsay Paterson, 'Regionalism among Entrants to Higher Education from Scottish Schools', (1993) 19 (No. 2) ''Oxford Review of Education'' pp 231-255 at p 235.</ref> | |||
(For the University of Abertay also located in Dundee, see below.) | |||
== Family History Library == | |||
The Family History Library has very few Scottish school records, but there are some records for larger cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. You can find school records in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp] | The Family History Library has very few Scottish school records, but there are some records for larger cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. You can find school records in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp] | ||
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{{Place|Scotland}} | {{Place|Scotland}} | ||
[[Category:Scotland|Schools]] [[Category:Schools]] | [[Category:Scotland|Schools]] [[Category:Schools]] | ||