Thomson, William Edwin ♂

Education

Student United College 1882-1883 Eng. Lit.; Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1883-1884 Log.; Gk. 2; Math. 2 1884-1885 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Gk. 3; Lat. 3; Math. 3 1885-1886 N. Phil.; Gk. 3. Foundation bursar, 1882. Lapsed bursary, 1886. Miller prize, 1883, 1884, 1885. Carstairs prize, 1884. M.A. 18.4.1888. Guthrie scholar.

Assistant in Greek, 1889.

Birth/childhood

Born c. 1865 son of William Thomson, late 26th Cameronians, wine merchant’s partner, Dundee and Elizabeth Burke.

Attended Dundee High School.

Career

Also at Oxford University - B.A. 1887 & 1889.

Assistant in Greek, 1889. [St Andrews University]

Master Dunfermline High School. [Teacher]

Death

Died 5.6.1891 aged 25.

Sources

• UYUC400:31.10. & 7.11.1882, 19.4.1883, 14.4.1885, 8.3.1886
• UYUC665
• UYUY452/20/466
• College Echoes 1891 p2
• Balliol Coll. Reg.
• Deaths Reg. Dundee St Peter 1891/248