Anniversaries

Frankenstein in St Andrews

14 August 2018
Anniversaries, Rare Book Collection

2018 marks the 200th Anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’. In honour of this anniversary, Dr Katie Garner of the School of English… Read More »Frankenstein in St Andrews

Emily Brontë at 200

30 July 2018
Anniversaries, Rare Book Collection

Emily Brontë lived for just thirty years (1818-1848), and published one novel, Wuthering Heights, and a small number of poems. Both during her short life… Read More »Emily Brontë at 200

Rescued from the Ruins: The Surviving Manuscripts of St Andrews Cathedral

3 July 2018
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Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Muniments Collection

Today, the east end of St Andrews is dominated by the ruins of its former Cathedral. Once the largest building in Scotland, St Andrews Cathedral… Read More »Rescued from the Ruins: The Surviving Manuscripts of St Andrews Cathedral

160th Anniversary of the University of St Andrews Rugby Club

30 May 2018
Anniversaries, Muniments Collection, Photographic Collection

The 160th Anniversary Celebrations of the University of St Andrews Rugby club takes place this weekend (1-3 June 2018). Alumni and friends of Saints Rugby… Read More »160th Anniversary of the University of St Andrews Rugby Club

Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine

14 May 201819 January 2022
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Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Muniments Collection, Rare Book Collection

On this day, the 14th May, in 1796, the first documented case of cowpox inoculation was carried out by Dr Edward Jenner. This blog looks… Read More »Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine

Votes for Women 2018: Part V – Equal vote

9 February 2018
Anniversaries, Rare Book Collection

1918 was an important year for women’s suffrage. Some women were entitled to vote for the first time, and did so in the General Election… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part V – Equal vote

Votes for Women 2018: Part IV – The suffragettes

8 February 2018
Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Muniments Collection, Rare Book Collection

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel, were committed members of the suffrage movement. Emmeline was on the executive committee of the Manchester… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part IV – The suffragettes

Votes for Women 2018: Part III – The suffragists and anti-suffragists

7 February 2018
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Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Muniments Collection, Rare Book Collection

Yesterday, we looked at Dame Millicent Fawcett who was the president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897. After the failure… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part III – The suffragists and anti-suffragists

Votes for Women 2018: Part II – St Andrews campaigners

6 February 201816 March 2021
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Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Photographic Collection, Rare Book Collection

Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which extended the vote to some women over the age of 30… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part II – St Andrews campaigners

Votes for Women 2018: Part I – Background to the Women’s Movement

5 February 2018
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Anniversaries, Manuscript Collection, Muniments Collection, Rare Book Collection

2018 is an important year for the commemoration of the struggle for women’s suffrage. A number of anniversaries of key events in the history of… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part I – Background to the Women’s Movement

500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Superstitious students in St Andrews will carefully avoid stepping on setts in the cobbled ground outside St Salvator’s Tower marking out the initials PH. It… Read More »500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Illustrating Austen at 200

18 July 2017
Anniversaries, Rare Book Collection

To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen on 18 July 1817, we have a blog from a member of teaching staff… Read More »Illustrating Austen at 200