EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Oldest university in Scotland.

Location:
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Founding Date:
1413

Motto:
Universitas Sancti Andreae

Enrollment:
6800

Official Website:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Arbuthnot	Doctor	1667	27-Feb-1735	Scriblerus Club
David Beaton	Religion	c. 1494	29-May-1546	Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews
Andrew Bell	Educator	27-Mar-1753	27-Jan-1832	Madras system of education
James W. Black	Scientist	14-Jun-1924	22-Mar-2010	Propranolol and cimetidine
Stuart Butler	Activist	c. 1946		Heritage Foundation
Thomas Chalmers	Religion	17-Mar-1780	30-May-1847	Free Church of Scotland
Christopher C. Davis	Business	c. 1965		Davis Selected Advisers
William Dunbar	Poet	c. 1460	c. 1520	The Thrissil and the Rois
Werner Heisenberg	Physicist	5-Dec-1901	1-Feb-1976	Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Robert B. Horton	Business	18-Aug-1939		CEO of BP, 1989-92
Sir James Ivory	Mathematician	17-Feb-1765	21-Sep-1842	Ivory's Theorem
Andrew Lang	Author	31-Mar-1844	20-Jul-1912	Scottish man of letters, historian, author
John P. Lewis	Economist	18-Mar-1921	19-May-2010	Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
David Lyndsay	Poet	c. 1490	c. 1555	Scottish Enlightenment poet
John MacGregor	Politician	14-Feb-1937		Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92
Ian McDiarmid	Actor	11-Aug-1944		Emperor Palpatine
Andrew Melville	Religion	1-Aug-1545	1622	Scottish Reform Church
Kate Middleton	Relative	9-Jan-1982		Wife of Prince William
Jay Parini	Author	2-Apr-1948		The Last Station
John Playfair	Mathematician	10-Mar-1748	20-Jul-1819	Huttonian Theory of the Earth
Alastair Reynolds	Novelist	1966		Revelation Space
Alex Salmond	Politician	31-Dec-1954		First Minister of Scotland, 2004-14
Robert Watson-Watt	Physicist	13-Apr-1892	5-Dec-1973	Radar
Fay Weldon	Novelist	22-Sep-1931		Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Prince William	Royalty	21-Jun-1982		Charles and Diana's first-born son
James Wilson	Judge	14-Sep-1742	28-Aug-1798	US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert Bartlett	Historian	27-Nov-1950		The Making of Europe
Michael Bentley	Historian	8-Dec-1948		The Liberal Mind, 1914-1929
P. A. Brunt	Historian	23-Jun-1917	5-Nov-2005	Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic
Thomas Chalmers	Religion	17-Mar-1780	30-May-1847	Free Church of Scotland
Kenneth Dover	Scholar	11-Mar-1920	7-Mar-2010	Greek Homosexuality
Patrick Hamilton	Religion	1504	29-Feb-1528	Scottish Lutheran martyr
Norman Haworth	Chemist	19-Mar-1883	19-Mar-1950	Carbohydrates and vitamin C
Carole Hillenbrand	Historian	1943		The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives
Alan G. MacDiarmid	Chemist	14-Apr-1927	7-Feb-2007	Metallic polymers
Angus Maddison	Economist	6-Dec-1926	24-Apr-2010	Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD
Andrew Pettegree	Historian	16-Sep-1957		Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion
Jonathan Riley-Smith	Historian	27-Jun-1938		The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading
Sir Robert Robinson	Chemist	13-Sep-1886	8-Feb-1975	Researcher of alkaloids
D'Arcy Thompson	Biologist	2-May-1860	21-Jun-1948	On Growth and Form

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur Balfour	Head of State	25-Jul-1848	19-Mar-1930	UK Prime Minister, 1902-05
Menzies Campbell	Politician	22-May-1941		Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2006-07
Kenneth Dover	Scholar	11-Mar-1920	7-Mar-2010	Greek Homosexuality
Douglas Haig	Military	19-Jun-1861	29-Jan-1928	British Field Marshall in WWI
Richard Burdon Haldane	Government	30-Jul-1856	19-Aug-1928	Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924
David Maxwell Fyfe	Politician	29-May-1900	27-Jan-1967	UK Home Secretary, 1951-54
Andrew Melville	Religion	1-Aug-1545	1622	Scottish Reform Church
D'Arcy Thompson	Biologist	2-May-1860	21-Jun-1948	On Growth and Form

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