Chalmers, William ♂
Education
Student United College 1791-1792 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1792-1793 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log. (Ternar).
Birth/childhood
Baptised 6.9.1778 son of John Chalmers, shipowner and merchant, Anstruther Easter and Elizabeth Hall.
Career
Apprentice to Mr Young, W.S.
Death
Ran away to sea. Died in the ‘Queen’ off Rio de Janeiro when she blew up in 1800.
Sources
- C.B.B. Watson, Alexander Cowan of Moray House and Valleyfield (Perth, 1915-17) p51