Esplin, Alexander

Education

Student United College 1811-1812 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1812-1813 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Log.; Math. Jun. 1813-1814 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. Prov.; Ethics 1814-1815 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Physics 1817-1818 Chem. (Ternar). Part bursary, 1813.

Student St Mary’s College 1815-1818, 1818-1819 occ. Part bursary, 1816.

Birth/childhood

Born c.1793 according to 1851 Monimail Census.

Career

Schoolmaster at Monimail 1818-1861. Retired to Cupar. [Teacher]

Sources

  • UYUC400:3.11.1813
  • UYSM400/8/328-9
  • Library dues lists in Library Bulletin (University of St Andrews) vol.6(53) 1914 - Vol.7(61) 1916 1815/16
  • St A Presb. Papers
  • J.M. Beale, A history of the burgh and parochial schools of Fife. Unpublished appendices to Edinburgh University PhD thesis.
  • Fife Jnl. 12.12.1861 p5