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| Book "The Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Africa." Publisher: William and Robert Chalmers, London & Edinburgh, 1860. Prize plate on inside cover "Given by The Edinburgh Angus Club Parochial School to Mr David Anderson, 2nd Geography Class, First Prize for Scholarship and Good Behaviour 1868. 15th April. Signed D.A. Baxter - President."
Items from this archive relate to the Anderson family of Strathaven. David Fyfe Anderson (senior) was a draper in Waterside Street in the town and was married to Mary Ann Anderson (nee MacKay), their son David Fyfe Anderson attended Strathaven Academy and Glasgow Academy where he was dux and he later went on to become an eminent doctor in Glasgow. Daughter Margaret Mackay Anderson attended Strathaven Academy and Hamilton Grammar where she was dux, she later studied German and French at Glasgow University. |
