| Administrative History | John Black was born in Mortlach, Banffshire. He graduated from King's College, Aberdeen, MA 1855, where as an undergraduate he had won the Simpson Mathematics Prize. After a period as schoolmaster at Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, he became an Inspector of Schools in Scotland. From 1868-1881 he was Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen. He was awarded an LL.D by the University of Glasgow. |
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