Tag: 1883

William Thomson M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S.E. was listed at No. 4 in 1883-84. He was an Assistant in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He was born on 31 December 1856 at Kirkton of Mailer, Perthshire, son of Robert Thomson and Eliza Ronaldson. He graduated M.A., B.Sc. in mathematics and natural philosophy in 1878 and took…

John Kerr Craig, minister at the Dean Street United Presbyterian Church, lived at No. 5 from about 1883 to 1887. He was born at Lochwinnoch and baptised there on 22 September 1844, son of Robert Craig and Mary Howie. Robert Craig was a miller, originally from Ayrshire. John Kerr Craig was ordained at Ramsbottom, Lancashire…