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Image of mathematician Josephat Martin Harvey. Image from MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive who don't own the rights to this image, but recognize it as being within the Public Domain.

Medicine graduate from St Andrews. Received Victoria Cross for his 'valour during the Indian mutiny.'

Louisa Lumsden is remembered as the founder and inspiration of University Hall. She was a lifelong advocate for the progression of female education, inspired by her time at Girton College, Cambridge, having been one of the first five women to study…

Early female chemist at the University

Katherine Whitehorn, CBE, was a renowned journalist and author. In 1982, she was elected as rector of the University of St Andrews - the first female to hold this role in any Scottish university. The University opened Whitehorn Hall in 2018 as part…

Sue Innes was a feminist campaigner, journalist, and academic who helped establish St Andrews as a centre for second-wave feminism during her time as a student between 1970 and 1974. She was a founder of the Women's Liberation Movement, the head of…