December 30, 1799
May 24, 1800
William Wright’s memoir reproduced with permission of Royal College of Physicians by Daisy Chamberlain During…
May 24, 1800
November 13, 1809
1809 – William Fergusson, the first known black student of the University of Edinburgh, matriculates
Born in Jamaica, he qualified in medicine in 1813 before becoming the only ever black…
November 13, 1809
October 9, 1859
Image reproduced courtesy of the Ypsilanti Historical Society By Esme Allman Elijah McCoy, born in…
October 9, 1859
November 7, 1859
Image Credit: Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh By Tom Cunningham James “Africanus” Beale Horton…
November 7, 1859
November 8, 1860
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Hannah McGurk Jesse Ewing Glasgow Jr. was an exceptional African…
November 8, 1860
May 27, 1875
By Uttara Rangarajan Aghorenath Chattopadhyay was born in the village of Brahmanagar in East Bengal…
May 27, 1875
November 3, 1882
By Daisy Chamberlain Phrenology emerged in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as an “analytical science”…
November 3, 1882
November 2, 1883
It is one of the first Indian Associations in Britain. [‘Edinburgh Indian Association’, The Student, 11/05/1961]
November 2, 1883
January 7, 1887
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Vidhipssa Mohan Prafulla Chandra Ray was a chemist, an industrialist as…
January 7, 1887
November 7, 1890
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Vidhipssa Mohan Kadambini Ganguly (1862-1923) is one of the earliest women…
November 7, 1890
November 3, 1891
By Henry Dee Image reproduced with permission of Cardiff University In India, Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis…
November 3, 1891
January 8, 1892
Image reproduced courtesy of the National Archives of Singapore By Dingjian Xie During his life, Lim…
January 8, 1892
May 27, 1901
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May 27, 1901
March 29, 1905
Primary source material reproduced from ‘Letter to the Editor’, The Student, 26/10/1905. Dear Sir, I…
March 29, 1905
November 7, 1905
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Tom Cunningham Arthur Cecil Alport (1880-1959), born in Beaufort West, the…
November 7, 1905
November 8, 1906
Image – reproduced courtesy of Hakim Adi & the British Library By Henry Dee In…
November 8, 1906
November 13, 1906
March 29, 1908
Primary source material reproduced from Bandele Omoniyi, A Defence of the Ethiopian Movement (Edinburgh, 1908),…
March 29, 1908
November 8, 1910
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Tom Cunningham H.C. Bankole-Bright enrolled at the Edinburgh Royal College of…
November 8, 1910
November 19, 1910
November 8, 1911
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November 8, 1911
November 7, 1915
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November 7, 1915
January 7, 1918
Image courtesy of the Idries Shah Foundation By Esme Allman Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah was an…
January 7, 1918
November 8, 1919
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Lea Ventre Jung Bahadur Singh was first named ‘Deenanath’ at…
November 8, 1919
March 29, 1920
Primary source material reproduced from Ikbal Ali Shah, ‘Edinburgh University Indian Ambulance Corps’, The Student…
March 29, 1920
March 29, 1920
Primary source material reproduced from ‘Sir PC Ray’s Speech in the Edinburgh Indian Association’, Amrita…
March 29, 1920
May 24, 1920
Image from The Chinese Student – reproduced with permission of the Centre for Research Collections,…
May 24, 1920
June 1, 1921
[The Chinese Student, 1:1 (June 1921)]
June 1, 1921
November 6, 1921
Image Credit: Cultural Relics By Dingjian Xie Yuan Changying (袁昌英, 11 October 1894–28 April 1973), a…
November 6, 1921
October 3, 1929
Image – reproduced courtesy of Mike Savage By Henry Dee Dr Agnes Yewande Savage was…
October 3, 1929
November 21, 1930
Ken ‘Snakehips’ Johnson, from Bourne, Mother Country. Image reproduced courtesy of Stephen Bourne By Lea Ventre…
November 21, 1930
November 8, 1936
Image – reproduced courtesy of the Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre By Henry Dee A cigarette-smoking single…
November 8, 1936
January 16, 1938
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January 16, 1938
November 8, 1940
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Natasha Ruwona Dr. Oku Ampofo (1908-1998) of Mampong, Ghana, lived in…
November 8, 1940
November 6, 1941
Image is a reproduction courtesy of the The National Archives, reference CO1069/165/5 By Henry Dee The…
November 6, 1941
November 21, 1944
Image – reproduced courtesy of Sangamithra Choudree By Laurence Jarlett Dr Ansuyah Singh studied medicine in…
November 21, 1944
June 6, 1949
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June 6, 1949
December 6, 1949
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December 6, 1949
November 8, 1956
Image – reproduced courtesy of Assefa Negash By Tom Cunningham On the 30th April 1998…
November 8, 1956
November 8, 1958
Image – reproduced courtesy of Eljine Olga Nzeribe By UncoverED research team Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru…
November 8, 1958
November 21, 1959
Image – reproduced courtesy of Brenda Locke and Tiffany Boyle By Natasha Ruwona Donald Locke…
November 21, 1959
May 24, 1960
Photo of Jean Besson reproduced with permission of Jean Besson By Hannah McGurk Many students…
May 24, 1960
November 7, 1960
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November 7, 1960
January 7, 1963
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By Hannah McGurk Kenneth Ramchand wrote his PhD on Caribbean literature…
January 7, 1963
January 16, 1965
Image courtesy of Professor Geoff Palmer By Natasha Ruwona Godfrey Henry Oliver Palmer, referred to now as…
January 16, 1965
November 3, 1967
Image reproduced courtesy of Azar Moayeri By Cristina Moreno Lozano Azar Besharat Moayeri was born…
November 3, 1967
November 19, 1967
[Perraton, A History of Foreign Students in Britain]
November 19, 1967
January 7, 1972
Illustration by Yaz Serrano By UncoverED research team Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, more commonly known as…
January 7, 1972
March 29, 1991
Primary source material reproduced from Kesaveloo Goonarathnum Naidoo, Coolie Doctor (Hyperbad, 1991) I was absorbed…
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