Swan, William ♂
Education
Professor of Natural Philosophy 19.3.1859 - 9.1.1880 (resigned).
LL.D. 20.2.1886.
Birth/childhood
Born 13.3.1818 son of David Swan, oil merchant/engineer, Edinburgh and Janet Smith.
Career
Studied Edinburgh University - divinity student 1838-1839.
Science tutor then Mathematics master Free Church Normal School, Edinburgh 1852-1854. Teacher of Mathematics, natural philosophy and navigation, Scottish Naval and Military Academy, Edinburgh 1855-1859. [Teacher]
Professor of Natural Philosophy 19.3.1859 - 9.1.1880 (resigned). [St Andrews University] [University professor]
LL.D. Edinburgh 1869. A cousin of R. L. Stevenson.
Publications
Death
Died at Ardchapel 1.3.1894.
Sources
- J. L. Galbraith, The Emeritus professor
- DNB
- F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
- Deaths Reg. Row 1894/34