Wilson, James

Education

Student United College 1823-1824 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov. 1824-1825 Lat. Prov.; Log.; Math. Jun. 1825-1826 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Ethics; Math. 2 1826-1827 Gk. Prov.; Lat. Prov.; Physics 1827-1828 Lat. Prov.; Physics; Math. 3; Pol. Econ. (Ternar). Gray prize, 1828.

Student St Mary’s College 1828-1829 occ. 1833-1834 occ. Part bursary, 1831.

Birth/childhood

Baptised 18.12.1808 son of John Wilson, Perth and Elizabeth Sime.

Career

(Possibly the man who arrived in India as a missionary in 1834 and who was forced home by ill health in 1857.)

Sources

  • UYSM400/4/116
  • UYUY452/14/209
  • Chalmers, Class list, New College CHA6.14.1-4
  • Dundee Advertiser 13.11.1823