Robertson, William

Education

Student United College 1875-1876 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1876-1877 Log.; Gk. 2; Lat. 2 1877-1878 M. Phil.; Pol. Econ.; Eng. Lit.; Math. 2 1878-1879 N. Phil.; Geol.; Physiol.; Educ. 1879-1880 Chem.; Zool. Duncan bursar, 1875. Vacant New Endowment Association bursary, 1879. M.A. 23.4.1879.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 13.5.1851 son of William Robertson, wood-turner, Dundee and Margaret Kettle.

Attended Church of Scotland Normal School, Edinburgh.

Career

Schoolmaster. Headmaster Castle Douglas School 1880-1899. Examiner in Modern Languages, Aberdeen University. [Teacher]

Publications

Death

Died Edinburgh 2.5.1916 aged 65.

Sources

  • UYUC400:2 & 18.11.1875, 19.3.1879
  • Scotsman 5.5.1916
  • Deaths Reg. St George’s Edinburgh 1916/197