Browning , James

Education

Student United College 1836-1837 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1837-1838 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log.; Math. 1; Civ. Hist. 1838-1839 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Math. 2; Ethics 1839-1840 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. 3; Physics; Sens. Phil. M.A. 8.5.1852.

LL.D. 12.2.1870.

Birth/childhood

Born 16.1.1820 son of Archibald Browning, Secession minister Tillicoultry and teacher and Catherine Steele. [Minister]

Career

Rector Dunfermline Academy. Classical master George Watson’s Hospital, Edinburgh and in Glasgow Collegiate School. Headmaster, Croft Lodge Academy, Rothesay and Bonnington Park School, Peebles. Proprietor St Leonards Hall School, St Andrews then from 1881 proprietor Abbey Park School, St Andrews. [Teacher]

Death

Died Edinburgh 5.1.1908 aged 87.

Sources

  • UYUY674
  • Births Reg. Tillicoultry
  • University of St Andrews 1877
  • Fife Jnl 4.8.1881 p1
  • St Andrews Citizen 11.1.1908
  • Deaths Reg. Morningside, Edinburgh 1908/18