Davidson, John

Education

Student United College 1888-1889 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1889-1890 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1890-1891 N. Phil.; Log.; Math. 3 1891-1892 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Eng. Lit.; Gk. 3. Bursar 1888. Forbes bursar, 1889. Miller prize, 1889, 1890. Carstairs prize, 1889, 1890. M.A. 27.3.1896 in absentia.

Birth/childhood

Born 21.10.1872 son of William Davidson, tailor, Dunfermline and Margaret Thomson.

Attended Dunfermline High School.

Career

Headmaster Plockton School 1920 -1937 (retired). [Teacher]

M.B.E. [Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire] January 1839.

Death

Died 20.5.1955.

Sources

  • UYUC400:30.10 & 2.11.1888, 9.4.1889, 1.11.1889
  • UYUY452/21/359, 460
  • Births Reg. Dunfermline 1872/445
  • Deaths Reg. Rosskeen 1955/42
  • Census 1891 St Andrews