Alexander, William Lindsay
(male)
08/24/1808 - 12/20/1884
Scottish
University of Edinburgh; St. Andrews University
Minister of Newington; pastor of Augustine Church, Edinburgh; wrote articles in Encyclopedia Britannica. See Boase I: 45, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Browne, James
(male)
1793 - 1841
Scottish
King's College, Aberdeen; St. Andrews University
Newspaper editor and journalist; cleric, lawyer, and schoolmaster; editor of Caledonian Mercury; contributor to Edinburgh Review; wrote on Scottish history. See ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Duff, Alexander
(male)
04/26/1806 - 02/12/1878
Scottish
St. Andrews University
Missionary; arrived in India in 1830; opened English school; edited the Calcutta Review (1845-49); wrote India and India Missions (1840), The Jesuits (1845) and 12 other books. See Boase I: 924, ODNB.
Horry, Sidney Calder
(male)
1808 - 03/04/1882
English
St. Andrews University
Barrister; classical scholar and member of metropolitan press; wrote on bankruptcy (1861). See Law Times, April 1, 1882.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Lang, Andrew
(male)
03/31/1844 - 07/20/1912
Scottish
St. Andrews University; Balliol College, Oxford
Poet, novelist, literary critic, and collector of folk and fairy tales. See ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Mackay, William Sinclair
(male)
1807 - 1865
Scottish
St. Andrews University; University of Aberdeen
Missionary; arrived in India in 1831; editor of
Calcutta Review starting 1849. See Robert Hunter,
History of the Missions of the Free Church of Scotland in India and Africa (Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1873) 61-2; Ecclegen: Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900,
http://ecclegen.com/ministers-mac/#MACKAY,%20WILLIAM%20SINCLAIR.
Macvicar, John Gibson
(male)
03/16/1800 - 02/12/1884
Scottish
University of Edinburgh; St. Andrews University
Minister and writer; editor of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture; wrote Elements of the Economy of Nature (1830); minister in Ceylon 1840-1852. See Boase II: 682, ODNB.
Menzies, Allan
(male)
01/23/1845 - 1916
Scottish
University of Edinburgh; St. Andrews University
Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, University of St Andrews; wrote History of Religion; editor of Review of Theology and Philosophy.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Playfair, Lyon
(male)
05/21/1818 - 05/29/1898
Scottish
St. Andrews University
Politican and chemist; born in India; studied chemistry in Germany; professor at the Royal Institution of Manchester; chemist to the Geological Society; professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh University; politically active MP; created Baron Playfair in 1892. See Boase VI: 404-5, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Weir, William
(male)
02/09/1802 - 09/15/1858
Scottish
University of Edinburgh; St. Andrews University; University of Gottingen
Member of Scottish Bar; editor of Edinburgh Literary Journal, Glasgow Argus, Scottish annual; wrote for Charles Knight's Penny Cyclopaedia; editor of Daily News. See Boase III: 1257, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Wynter, Andrew
(male)
06/06/1819 - 05/12/1876
English
St. Andrews University
Physician and author; edited British Medical Journal; published Odds and Ends from an Old Drawer (1855); used pseudonym Werdna Retnyw; wrote other works of human interest; contributed to Once a Week and the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews. See Boase III: 1543-4, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)