Comrie, Peter ♂
Education
Student United College 1888-1889 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1889-1890 N. Phil.; Log.; Eng. Lit.; Lat. 2 1890-1891 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Eng. Lit.; Math. 3; Chem. 1891-1892 N. Phil.; Math. 3; Physiol.; Bot. 1892-1893 Hon. N. Phil. Gray prize, 1891. Arnott prize, 1892. Carstairs prize, 1892.
M.A. 30.3.1894 2nd cl. hons. mathematics. B.Sc. 29.3.1895.
LL.D. 26.12.1928.
Birth/childhood
Born 17.7.1868 son of Peter Comrie, master blacksmith, Muthill and Elizabeth Ritchie.
Career
Assistant master Greenock Academy 1895 -1899. Head mathematics master, Hutcheson’s Girls Grammar School, Glasgow 1899 - 1901. Gordon’s College, Aberdeen 1901 - 1904. Mathematics master, Boroughmuir, Edinburgh 1904 - 1917. Headmaster, Castlehill School, Edinburgh 1917 - 1922. Leith Academy 1922 - 1933 (retired). President E.I.S. [Educational Institute of Scotland] F.R.S.E. 1909. [Teacher]
Death
Died 20.12.1944 in Edinburgh.
Sources
- UYUY452/21/500, 22/7
- Births Reg. Muthill 1868/44
- Scottish Educational Journal 1944 p669
- Ybk RSE 1944/45 p22
- Deaths Reg. Edinburgh Morningside 1944/1096
- Monumental inscription St Andrews Cathedral burial ground