Biography of Margaret Louise Whyte

Margaret Louise Whyte was born in Hong Kong, the daughter of Robert Whyte, Chief Engineer.

She matriculated at the University in 1923.

In her time there, she studied Latin, English, French, Italian, Moral Philosophy, History and Geology, for which she was awarded a second class certificate in session 1924-5.

Whyte graduated on 20 November 1926.

She worked as a teacher in Ullapool, and on 12 September 1934, she married Alexander Cargill, a bank teller, at West Church in Inverness.

Sources

Archival Materials

• DC183/11/58 General Council Register 1933
• R4/1/16 Graduate Schedule
• R7/3/9 Index to Class Prize Lists 1925-9
• R8/5/44/14 Matriculation Slips 1923-4 Women R-Y
• SEN 10/67 University Calendar

Summary

Margaret Louise Whyte
Born 18 August 1904.
GU Degree: MA, 1926; Arts,
University Link: Alumnus, Graduate, Student
Occupation categories: teacher
English snippet: Arts graduate of the University of Glasgow, 1926
Record last updated: 20th Aug 2013

Country Associations

Hong Kong, No Region
Place of Birth

Scotland, Glasgow

University Connections

University Roles

• Alumnus
• Graduate
• Student

Images

Margaret Louise Whyte matriculation slip 1923-24