Sir James Irvine was a Scottish organic chemist and he served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews for more than 30 years. He is well known for his discoveries concerning sugar molecules, especially his development of the…
This barometer, which is located on 35 North Street, St Andrews, is one of the many barometers whose installation was provoked and supervised by Admiral Robert Fitzroy. After multiple severe storms in 1859, Fitzroy decided to take action and place…
Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish pharmacologist, and the only graduate from the University of St Andrews that holds a Nobel prize. He was born on the 14th of June 1924 and died on the 22nd of March 2010. His exceptional research on pharmacy led…
