Lindsay, James D

Education

Student United College 1838-1839 Gk. Prov.; Math. 1; Log. 1839-1840 Lat. Prov.; Civ. Hist.; Math. 2; Ethics 1840-1841 Math. 3; Physics; Chem.; Sens. Phil. Fallen bursary, 1839, 1840, 1841. M.A. 1.5.1841.

LL.D. 12.12.1857 (On motion of Principal Tulloch).

Birth/childhood

Born 16.11.1821 son of James Lindsay, farmer, Dunfermline and Kinghorn and Catherine Craigie.

Career

Mathematics master Dollar Academy 1843- . Sir James Dewar and Sir David Gill were his pupils. [Teacher]

Death

Died at Dollar 11.4.1896 aged 74.

Sources

  • UYUC400:30.3.1839, 18.4.1840, 23.4.1841, 22.12.1842
  • Civil History class list
  • St AUL MS Dep. 7 1842/91
  • Fifeshire Journal 7.12.1843 p3 col. 3
  • UYUY336:1896
  • Deaths Reg. Dollar 1896/6
  • East Fife Record 17.4.1896 p4