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Built in 1895 by famous Scottish architect Sir Robert Rowen Anderson, Swallowgate has since been the home to the School of Classics. Inside the building, you have the classics library, which houses St Andrew's best classics collection and is known…

Saba Douglas-Hamilton is a Kenyan wildlife conservationist, television presenter, and documentary film producer. She was born to an English zoologist father and an Italian-Kenyan conservationist mother. She first attended school in Kenya, then United…

Picture of the St Andrews Castle front section taken in 2021

Picture of the St Andrews Castle front section taken in 2021

Image of the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse

The building took eleven months to complete, and it was finished by 22 June 1854. it was established to host the Royal & Ancient Golf Club which was founded in 1754 by 22 noblemen and gentlemen and was regarded as a governing authority responsible…

Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy was born on the 5th of July 1805 near Bury St Edmunds, South-East England. FitzRoy joined the Royal Naval Academy at 12 years old and commissioned as an officer a year later. In 1826, he was appointed meteorologist aboard…

Charles Darwin described Robert FitzRoy as a 'very extraordinary person', being 'everything that is delightful' and 'very scientific'. Vice-Admiral FitzRoy was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He is most celebrated as the captain…