Image: Aberdeen Student, Scotland, (s.d.) (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-004)

Description: Aberdeen Student, Scotland, [s.d.] "Aberdeen Student, Laws of Livingstonia" Photograph of a young man dressed in a red graduation gown and mortar board. An image of Kings College, Aberdeen University, can be seen in the background. The Scottish missionary Dr Robert Laws was born and educated in Aberdeen.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) the Scottish Missionary. In 1875, inspired by David Livingstone (1813-1873), Laws travelled to Malawi and was involved in the foundation of the mission station of Livingstonia on the shores of Lake Nyasa. During the succeeding 50 years he also established a network of hundreds of schools. In 1908 Laws was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland.Photographer: Unknown Subject (personal name): Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-004.tif Coverage date: 1875/1925 Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1508.url Geographic subject (city or populated place): Aberdeen Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom Geographic subject (country): Scotland Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm. Geographic subject (continent): Europe Rights: Contact the repository for details. Part of series: Laws of the Pioneer LS5/1 Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk Subject (lcsh Keyword): Education Date created: 1875/1925 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Subject (aat genre): portrait Format (aat): lantern slides Legacy record ID: impa-m68560 Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS5/1/4
Title: Aberdeen Student, Scotland, (s.d.) (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS5-1-004)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64613
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Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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