Roy, Andrew

Education

Student United College 1854-1855 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1855-1856 Lat. 2; Math. 2; Log. 1856-1857 M. Phil.; Math. 3; Exp. Physics 1857-1858 Chem.; N. Phil.; Pol. Econ. Attended Established Church while a student.

Student St Mary’s College 1858-1862. Foundation bursar, 1859. Gets bursary, 1862.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 28.12.1836 at Cupar son of Andrew Roy, teacher of mathematics, Dundee Academy and Martha Gilchrist. [Teacher]

Career

Civil engineer, surveyor’s Office, Royal Asylum, Edinburgh.

Death

Died 25.6.1911 aged 75.

Sources

  • UYUC310
  • UYSM400/5/230, 321
  • UYUY605:1911
  • UYUY674 J. R. Chrystal
  • United College prize list
  • W. Norrie, Dundee celebrities of the nineteenth century (1873)
  • Deaths Reg. Morningside 1911/537