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St Leonard's College, St Andrews

St Leonard's College is a postgraduate institute at the University of St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Founded in 1512 as an autonomous theological college of the University of St Andrews, it merged with St Salvator's College in 1747 to form the United College. In 1974 it was re-instituted as a postgraduate institute.

Former names

The College of Poor Clerks of the Church of St Andrews

Postgraduate College

1512 (1512)
1747 - merged into United College
1974 - reconstituted as a postgraduate college

Prof Frank Lorenz Müller

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St Andrews
,
Fife
,
Scotland

St Leonard’s College

                             

University of St Andrews

St Leonard's College

from 1568 to 1570

George Buchanan

from 1591 to 1611 (Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1600)

Robert Wilkie

from 1781 to 1799 (Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1782)

Joseph McCormick

from 1799 to 1819

James Playfair

from 1820 to 1835

Francis Nicoll

1837/8 (Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1844)

John Lee

from 1838 to 1859 (the first principal with no religious background)

David Brewster

1886 to 1915 - including the transition to university status in 1890

James Donaldson

Sir 1915 to 1920

John Herkless

R.G. Cant The University of St Andrews, A Short History (Oliver and Boyd Ltd. 1946)

Official College website