Simpson, James [A ] ♂

Education

Student United College 1829-1830 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1830-1831 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Log.; Math. 1 1831-1832 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Ethics; Math. 2 1832-1833 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Physics. 1834-1835 Civ. Hist. Foundation bursar, 1829.

Student St Mary’s College 1833-1834 occ., 1834-1837. Part bursary, 1835, 1837.

Birth/childhood

From Kirriemuir. Perhaps baptised 3.4.1814 son of David Simpson, Kirriemuir and Jean Howie.

Attended Kirriemuir School.

Career

Schoolmaster Webster’s Seminary, Kirriemuir 1837. [Teacher]

Perhaps the man who was schoolmaster Leslie to at least1848least 1872.

Sources

• UYUC400:3 & 4.11.1829
• UYSM400/4/152, 165
• United College prize list
• Parliamentary Papers 1841 Session 1 vol. xix pt 1
• J.M. Beale, A history of the burgh and parochial schools of Fife. Unpublished appendices to Edinburgh University PhD thesis.