Kosacki was an officer in the Polish Army in World War Two and is notably remembered as an engineer and…
John Napier, the “Marvellous Merchiston” (as he was known in his day), was a Scottish landowner, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and…
George Martine the younger became a physician and studied at the University of St Andrews. He there headed a student…
George Martine the Elder, (1635-1712) was an historian of St Andrews, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Dr George…
Scottish Mathematician John Maoir worked in both Paris and St Andrews teaching logic and theology. He studied at Cambridge (rare…
The Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and first Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, James Gregory, was one…
Charles Darwin described Robert FitzRoy as a ‘very extraordinary person’, being ‘everything that is delightful’ and ‘very scientific’. Vice-Admiral FitzRoy…
Founding father of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin, was deeply interested in the world around him and excelled…
Geologist Charles Lapworth taught English at Madras College, St Andrews. Although predominately self-taught in the field of geology, he made…
James David Forbes, principal at the University of St Andrews from 1859 to his death in 1868, studied the contradictory…