The University of Aberdeen is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is an ancient university founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, making it Scotland's third-oldest university and the fifth-oldest in the English-speaking world. Aberdeen is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 20 universities in the United Kingdom according to The Guardian.
Source: WikipediaOur answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Who are University of Aberdeen's Most influential alumni?
University of Aberdeen 's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Religious Studies, Literature, and Philosophy
British academic
British chief constable
British philologist
Scottish footballer
New Testament scholar/dean:Talbot School of Theology/2011 president of the Evangelical Theological Society
British writer and publisher
Boston physician, scientist, and military surgeon
British academic and Baron
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Professor at the University of Manchester
British statistician
British inventor, built first electric locomotive
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