| Administrative History | John Kemp. Marischal College 1779-83. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Columbia College, New York |
| Description | Asks Beattie's help for degree for an old Marischal student, a Mr Urquhart who was at Marischal and could not afford to take a degree. Kemp was a old classmate of Professor Beattie, Beattie's nephew [Kemp was at Marischal College 1779-1783], and he is now Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Columbia college, New York. Mr Wilson, their professor of Greek and Latin, and Mr Bisset, preacher of the Episcopal church, are also alumni of Marischal |