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Must Memorise Flashcards

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St Andrew

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Namesake of the town
Patron of the country
Cross inspired flags

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St Regulus

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Brought bones to Scotland
Flew from Emperor Constantin

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Queen Margaret

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Taught table manners to knights

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King Robert the Bruce

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Freed Scotland
Rides a horse in the procession

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Bishop Henry Wardlaw

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Founder of the university
Burned first heretic

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King James 1

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Placed the university under personal protection
Murdered for attempting to reform the Scottish legislation

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Patrick Hamilton

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Burned outside of Sallies
The first Scottish protestant martyr

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Pavel Kravar

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Burned on Market Street for heresy
Wardlaw and Lindores

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Archbishop John Hamilton

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Hanged for murdering Regent Moray in attempt to save Scotland from the Protestants

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George Buchanan

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Most notable scholar of Scottish reformation

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Andrew Melville

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Student and Principal of St Mary’s
Strong calvinist

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Mary Queen of Scots

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Backed losing side of Scottish reformation
Planted thorn tree in st mary’s

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13
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Marquise de Montrose

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Shot arrows over the the College tower

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Napier of Merchiston

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Invented secret weapons such as the tank

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15
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Jean Paul Marat

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Revolutionary in France
Research In amputation

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James Wilson

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Drafted the constitution of the USA

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Benjamin Franklin

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Founding father of USA

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

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First women to matriculate in any old university

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John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (Bute)

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Reformist Rector
Namesake of the medical building

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Andrew Carnegie

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Philanthropist
Richest man in the world

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Sir David Brewster

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Inventor of the kaleidoscope
Three principal medals from the Royal Soc

22
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Prof John Burnet

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Prof of Greek in St Andrews

23
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Arnold Palmer

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GOAT Golfer
Died in 2016

24
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Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair

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Provost - revitalising the town

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Dame Luisa Lumsden

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Warden of uni hall

26
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Alexander Paterson

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Journalist
Founder of the Byre Theatre
OBE

27
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Sir James Irvine

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Principal for 32years
led the revival of KK procession in 1926

28
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Fridtjof Nansen

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Nobel laureate for work with Nations league

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Sir James Matthew Barrie BART

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Gave “courage” speech
Led to revival of KK procession

30
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling

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Nobel laureate
The White Man’s Burden

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Frank Muir

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Hardest working Rector in St Andrews
Pink bow tie

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Six shields of the university

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St John’s college
St Salvador’s college
St Mary’s college
St Leonard’s college
The United College
Madras
University of Dundee
Royal Burgh of St Andrews
Kate’s Jester

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Bishop James Kennedy

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Founded Sallies

34
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John Knox

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Great leader of Reformation

35
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What are the names of the students who convinced Irvine and Bart to revive the KK procession?

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Donald Kennedy and James Doak

36
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Gavin Douglas

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translated Virgil’s Aeneid into Scots

37
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John Honey

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Saved passengers from a wrecked ship

38
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Lady Katherine

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Niece of Bishop James Kennedy
Spring of her life

39
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David Rizzio

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Murdered by Queen Mary’s jealous husband for presumed affair

40
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Tom Morris Jr.

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Son of Old Tom Morris, died of a broken heart, one of the best golfers ever

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Dr John Adamson

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Saved the town from the plague as medical officer

42
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Lawrence of Lindors

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First Rector
Responsible for killing of heretics with wardlaw

43
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Robert Fergusson

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Died crazy because uni was too wild

44
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John Cleese

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Rector
Told jokes professionally

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