M’Donald, William James

Education

Student United College 1868-1869 Eng. Lit.; Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1869-1870 Log.; Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1870-1871 M. Phil.; Pol. Econ.; Math. 3 1871-1872 N. Phil.; Chem. 1872-1873 N. Phil.; Math. 3. Miller prize, 1870, 1871, 1872. Gray prize, 1872. Arnott prize, 1872. M.A. 30.4.1873.

Examiner in mathematics, St Andrews University.

Birth/childhood

Born 1851 son of James Macdonald, merchant, Huntly and Catherine MacDonald.

Career

Assistant mathematics master, Madras College, St Andrews. [Teacher]

Mathematics and natural sciences master, Merchiston castle School, Edinburgh. Mathematics master, Daniel Stewart’s College from 1880.

Examiner in mathematics, St Andrews University.

F.R.S.E. 1886. Offered LL.D. in 1914, but declined.

Publications

Death

Died in Edinburgh 29.12.1941.

Sources

  • UYUC400:23.4.1870, 22.4.1871, 23.4.1872
  • UYUY452/19/174, 185
  • UYUY674
  • UYM/310p26
  • Census 1871 St Andrews
  • Yearbook of Royal Society of Edinburgh1941/42 p145
  • Reminiscences in Madras Coll. Mag. 24 1912 no. 1 p19
  • Alumnus Chronicle 28 p19
  • Deaths Reg. Morningside 1941/1527