Martin, Theodore ♂
Education
Rector of the University 1880 - 1883.
Birth/childhood
Born 16.9.1816 and baptised 13.1.1817 son of James Martin, solicitor, Edinburgh and Mary Reid. [Lawyer]
Career
Studied Edinburgh University - LL.D. 1875.
Rector of the University of St Andrews 1880 - 1883. [St Andrews University]
Practised as a lawyer in Edinburgh until 1846 then in London until his death [1846-18.8.1909]. Man of letters.
K.C.B. [Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath]. Married Helen Faucit.
Publications
The life of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. (Vol. 4). 4th ed. (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1879)
Helena Faucit (Lady Martin). (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1900)
Death
Died 18.8.1909.
Sources
- UYUC560:24.11.1881
- Men of the Time
- DNB
- Theodore Martin in Wikipedia
- and Inaugural address delivered by Sir Theodore Martin at his installation as Rector of the University of St Andrews, November 21, 1881. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/588