Troup, James Macdonald ♂

Education

Student United College 1883-1884 Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1884-1885 Log.; Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1885-1886 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Eng. Lit.; Gk. 3; Math. 3 1886-1887 N. Phil.; Math. 3; Chem. Garth bursar, 1883. Cheape bursar, 1884. Arnott prize, 1887. Carstairs prize, 1887. M.A. 20.4.1887.

Guthrie scholar.

Examiner in mathematics.

Birth/childhood

Born 20.11.1867 son of Robert Troup, minister , Congregational church, St Andrews and Margaret Macdonald.

Attended Madras College, St Andrews.

Career

Also at Cambridge University - M.B. Ch.B. 1895.

Examiner in mathematics. [St Andrews University]

Surgeon captain during South African War. Practised afterwards in Pretoria, Transvaal. [Doctor, soldier]

Death

Died at Huntly Court, Pretoria [South Africa] 31.7.1945.

Sources

• UYUC400:30.10.1883
• UYUC665
• UYUY452/20/428, 490, 21/142
• UYUY672
• J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses
• Alumnus Chronicle 28p20
• Physician and friend: James Macdonald Troup, ed. Freda Troup (Glasgow, 1947)