Background
ANDERSON, William Blair was born in 1877 in Aberdeen. Son of William B. Anderson, Aberdeen, and Isabella Irvine Barrister.
ANDERSON, William Blair was born in 1877 in Aberdeen. Son of William B. Anderson, Aberdeen, and Isabella Irvine Barrister.
Studied at Gordon’s College and University of Aberdeen (Master of Arts, Aberdeen University, 1st Class Honours in Classics, 1898. Fullerton Scholar, 1899). Trinity College, Cambridge.
Major Scholar, 1901; 1st Class, Classical Tripos, Part I., 1901, and Part II., 1903. Browne Medallist, 1902.
Members’ Prizeman, 1903. Assistant Lecturer in Classics, Victoria University of Manchester, 1903-1906. Professor of Latin in Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, since 1906.