Swan, William [Abercrombie] ♂

Education

Student United College 1836-1837 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1837-1838 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Math. 1 1838-1839 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Log.; Math. 2 1839-1840 Gk. Prov.; Math. 2 & 3; Ethics. Ramsay bursar, 1836.

Birth/childhood

Born 23.7.1823 son of Robert Swan, minister at Abercrombie and Marion Hamilton.

Career

Went abroad about February 1840 to become a planter in Ceylon [now Sri Lanka].

Sources

• UYUC400:26.10.1836
• UYUC620/1839/40
• UYUY911 Literary Soc.