| Administrative History | Samuel Colvill was a Scottish poet writing at the end of the 17th century. He is sometimes confused with his contemporary Alexander Colville. Colvill attacked the papacy in ‘The Grand Impostor Discovered’ (Edinburgh, 1673), and satirised the Presbyterians in a mock poem called ‘Whiggs Supplication’ in which he imitated Butler's ‘Hudibras’. London editions sometimes have the title ‘The Scotch Hudibras'. |
| Source | Cramond; William (1844-); teacher and antiquarian. The son of David Cramond, William Cramond was born at Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, in 1844. He graduated MA from Aberdeen University in 1866 and began his teaching career as school master at Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire. He was later appointed headmaster at Cullen Public School. He was awarded an honorary LL.D. by his old university in 1892, and after he retired in 1904 he was granted a Civil List pension in consideration of his antiquarian researches. |
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