One of our 2019 Visiting Scholars, Daniel Belteki of the University of Kent, shares with us some of his research into James David Forbes and… Read More »“There dwells some wish in every heart”: the friendship between James David Forbes and Sir George Biddell Airy
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Victorian art critic John Ruskin (8 February 1819-20 January 1900). Born in London, John Ruskin… Read More »John Ruskin and James David Forbes
Bibliophile? Photography lover? Tell us about your collection and you could win £500 plus the chance to help select a new Special Collections item. The… Read More »James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2018
The winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017, Arthur der Weduwen, tells us about his collection… My book collection attempts to offer a representative… Read More »Winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017
Do you love books? Photographs? Spend hours in bookstores and charity shops looking for the perfect addition to your collection? Or perhaps you’ve suddenly realised… Read More »James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017
The University Library is thrilled that a St Andrews undergraduate, Jenny Elwin (4th Year, English and Modern History), winner of our James David Forbes Book Collecting Prize 2016 has… Read More »Our student book collecting winner awarded national prize
James David Forbes (1809–1868) was part of an early generation of natural philosophers interested in quantifying climate and weather in order to determine how the… Read More »Special Collections Visiting Scholars – Visiting Forbes’ coloured atmospheres
To celebrate the opening of our new Research Library in 2014, the University of St Andrews instituted a new scheme of visiting scholarships. These scholarships… Read More »Five distinguished scholars visiting St Andrews to use Special Collections in Summer 2015
Are you a hoarder? A collector? Are your shelves filled with your favourite titles? Or maybe you have box filled with letters or photographs which… Read More »James David Forbes Book Collecting Prize, 2015, Open!
This week’s Historical How-To comes from the papers of James David Forbes (1809-1868), who was Principal of the United Colleges of St Andrews University from… Read More »52 weeks of Historical How-to’s, week 35: knitted cap
