Robb, James ♂

Education

Student United College 1881-1882 Eng. Lit.; Gk. 1; Lat. 1 1882-1883 Log.; Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 1 1883-1884 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Lat. 3; Math. 2 1884-1885 N. Phil.; Math. 3 1894-1895 N. Hist.; Prac. N. Hist. 1896-1897 Mod. Gk. Ramsay bursar, 1881. M.A. 20.4.1885.

Student St Mary’s College 1884-1889. Class prize, 1887, 1889. B.D. 18.4.1888.

Research student 1899-1900, 1900-1901.

LL.D. 28.6.1932. Bequeathed c.£5,000 to the University.

Birth/childhood

Born 15.10.1865 son of James Robb, linen hawker, Kirriemuir and Ann Dair.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - LL.B. 1909.

Assistant Secretary Carnegie Trust 1904-1919. Secretary 1919-1941.

Death

Died at Edinburgh 13.5.1949.

Sources

• UYUC400:17.11.1881
• UYSM400/6/275, 326
• Births Reg. Kirriemuir 1865/180
• College Echoes 1903/04 p213, 248
• Edinburgh University Journal 15, 1949-51, 42