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On This Day: 13th of June
On this day in 1901:
First Honorary Degrees for Women
The University conferred honorary degrees on Mrs [Janet] Campbell of Tulliechewan Castle, Emily Davies, Dorothy Elder and Agnes Weston. The honorary degrees, conferred during the Jubilee celebrations, were the first to be awarded by the University to women.
On this day in 1901:
Biology Building
The Biology Building was opened by Sir Joseph Hooker as part of the University's ninth jubilee celebrations. It was subsequently renamed the Bower Building.
On this day in 1947:
Reception for the British Association of Urological Surgeons
The University Court held a cocktail party in the Randolph Hall to welcome the members of the British Association of Urological Surgeons to the University.
Births and Deaths
On this day in 1891
Philip Jenkins died.
On this day in 1844
Thomas Hope died.
On this day in 1867
Charles Bannatyne was born.
On this day in 1874
Sarah Logan Blair was born.
On this day in 1866
John Crawford was born.
On this day in 1852
William Fisher Grier was born.
On this day in 1864
William Marshall was born.
On this day in 1875
Robert Daniels Bell was born.
On this day in 1889
Mary Jane Cameron was born.
On this day in 1888
James Johnstone was born.
On this day in 1879
Margaret Alex. Lochhead was born.
On this day in 1879
William Henderson Love was born.
On this day in 1883
Neil MacArthur was born.
On this day in 1890
Edward Camden Smith was born.
On this day in 1892
Mary McKnight MacDonald was born.
On this day in 1893
Harriet Margaret Burt was born.
On this day in 1886
Joseph Graham was born.
On this day in 1952
William James Entwistle died.
On this day in 1907
Thomas MacIver was born.
On this day in 1892
Florence Sutherland Clark was born.
On this day in 1883
James Mathewson Ritchie was born.
On this day in 1893
Thomas Rogers was born.
On this day in 1896
Janet Wilson was born.