| Administrative History | Blackwell Prize for a discursive essay was founded in 1793. The full founding of the prize can be read in the Records of Marischal College, volume 1, page 461
'Barbara Black, widow of Dr Thomas Blackwell, mortifies the lands of Pilmuir for endowment of a Professor of Chemisty, and the foundation of a prise discourse. 18th May 1793' |