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James Maitland Anderson first came to the University of St Andrews in 1874 as an Assistant Librarian. In 1881, he became University Librarian, a role he held until 1924. During these years he also served as Secretary of the University (1878-1899),…

Name: Janet “Jessie” Mann D.O.B: 1805 D.O.D: 1867 studio assistant of Hill and Adamson

Hikmat Abu Zayd (حكمت أبو زيد‎) was an Egyptian politician and academic born in the village of Shayk Daud sometime between 1922 and 1923. She obtained a license (Master’s-equivalent) in history from Cairo University in 1940 and a teaching certificate…

Born in Berlin in 1911, Walter Ledermann was a German mathematician. Being Jewish, Ledermann received a scholarship from the International Student Services to study in St Andrews in 1934, effectively fleeing the rising Nazism and antisemitism in…

Images of mathematician Walter Ledermann. Found on the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, who don't own the rights to these images but have stated that these images are recognized to be in the Public Domain.

Josephat Martin Harvey (Funyana Mutyambizi) was a Zimbabwean mathematician born in Salisbury (now Harare) in 1949. Harvey studied at the University of Zimbabwe from 1969 to 1980, specialising in applied mathematics. From 1978 to 1979, he conducted…