Buist, George

Education

Student United College 1817-1818 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1818-1819 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. 1; Log. 1819-1820 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics; Math. Prov. 1820-1821 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Chem.; Physics. (Secondar).

Student St Mary’s College 1821-1824.

LL.D. 16.7.1842.

Birth/childhood

Born 17.11.1804 eldest son of John Buist, minister at Tannadice and Margaret Jafferson.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University.

Licensed by Forfar presbytery 1846.

Edited Fife Journal 1837 -1839. Edited Bombay Times 1839 - 1857. Bombay Standard 1858 - 1859. Scientific observer. F.R.S.E. 1853. [Editor]

Death

Died Calcutta [now Kolkata, India] 1.10.1860.

Sources

  • Chalmers, Class list, New College CHA6.14.1-4
  • Memoir, Cupar, 1846
  • Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae
  • F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)