| Administrative History | Jonathan Troup, son of Matthew Troup of Aberdeen, was born around 1764 and graduated MA from Marischal College, Aberdeen in 1786. He studied medicine at Aberdeen and Edinburgh before emigrating to the West Indies in 1788, where he practised medicine until his return to Great Britain in 1791. He continued to practice in Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen until his death at Corrachree, Aberdeenshire in 1799.
William H. Cranna (1872-1931) graduated M.A. at Aberdeen in 1893 and taught in the county and city of Aberdeen until his retirement in 1920 when he devoted much of his time to writing and research on local history.
For further details see 'Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis: Selections from the Records of the Marischal College and University, 1593 - 1860: Volume 2: Officers, Graduates and Alumni', ed. by Peter John Anderson, (Aberdeen: Spalding Club, 1898), p 359; Roll of Graduates University of Aberdeen 1900-1925, p 754 and
William H. Cranna, The log of a ship's surgeon, 'Caledonian Medical Journal', 21 (1923), 81 - 88, 'The Lowe of Life' in Aberdeen Book-lover iv. (1923), pp62-67 and 'The Folklore of Dee and Don' in Scottish Notes and Queries (3rd series) i. (1923), pp55-57. |