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Dr James F. Riley was born in Settle, Yorkshire. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, where he graduated with Honours in 1935, obtaining his F.R.C.S.E. in 1938.
From 1939 to 1944 he was an assistant surgeon in the Scottish Emergency Medical Service, and later served as a surgical specialist commanding a mobile surgical unit in the Far East. On returning, he wrote his M.D. thesis "Experiments in Carcinogenesis 1939-1944".
In 1948 he obtained the Diploma in Medical Radiotherapy and was appointed as Consultant Radiotherapist at Dundee Royal Infirmary, and in 1950 became a reader in the Department of Radiotherapy.
From 1975-1977 Riley was a research fellow at The University of Dundee. Dr Riley's research was devoted to the study of the Mast Cell, discovering the origin of histamine, work that has stimulated further research world-wide.
Recognising his international significance, Dr Riley was appointed as a visiting Professor at the University of Montreal where he was awarded the Claude Bernard Medal, as well as being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Andy Forrester studied at the University of Glasgow and graduated with an MA hons in History. He is a historian, TV journalist, and business author, and once stood as a candidate for the Labour party He is also an award-winning producer for the BBC and Channel 4.

Eric Baillie was a student at the University of Dundee studying maths from 1968 - 1972. He was also a member of the Dundee University operatic Society. After university he was a maths teacher at a variety of schools across Dundee and was very active in educational trade unions.

Dr John Berry was born in Edinburgh and educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge. After gaining a PhD at the University of St Andrews he pursued a career in zoology and biology, working for the Fishery Board of Scotland, the Biological Research Station at University College, Southampton, and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. In the course of his work he gained an international reputation, and travelled extensively, publishing papers and articles on freshwater fisheries, hydroelectric development and ornithology. During his career he was also consultant ecologist for the Scottish Landowners' Federation, a leading member of the Scottish Marine Biology Association, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the International Union for the Conservation of Natural Resources and the Wildfowl Research Bureau. Between 1949 and 1967 he was director of Nature Conservation in Scotland. Dr Berry also had strong links with the University of Dundee, and was awarded an honorary LL.D there in 1970, and an honorary DSc from St Andrews in 1991. Dr Berry lived at Tayfield Estate in Newport, which has been owned by the Berry family since the end of the 18th Century. He died in February 2002 at the age of 95.

Robert Berry was born 22nd April 1868, the son of John Berry of Tayfield, an advocate, and his wife, Margaret Higgins Burn-Murdoch. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, and in 1902 he married Dorothy, daughter of Arthur Bryans of Woodmansterne, Surrey. Robert was a railway engineer who during his career worked on Waverley Station, Edinburgh, and the Highland Railway that ran between Carrbridge and Inverness. He also spent time as a civil engineer working on the Madras and South Mahratta Railway, India 1896-1913. During the First World War he served as a Captain with the Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-1919. He was wounded and from 1919 onwards he lived at Chesterhill House, Newport on Tay, Fife, until about 1958 when he was moved to Seamills Cottage, Newport on Tay. His wife died in 1948 and he died 27th February 1960.

Kirsty Gunn, BA (Hons), M.Phil., was born in New Zealand and educated at Victoria University and Oxford. The author of six novels to date: Rain, The Keepsake, Featherstone, The Boy and the Sea, The Big Music and Caroline's Bikini, Kirsty has also published collections of extended essays and short stories about identity and Katherine Mansfield.
She is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes including the Scottish Arts Council Bursary for Literature, the New York Times Notable Book award, Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year. The Big Music was shortlisted for the James Tait Black and Impac Awards and was a Guardian Book of the Year and winner of the New Zealand Book of the Year .
Kirsty previously taught Creative Writing at Oxford University and at a number of writing seminars and schools and established the Writing Practice and Study programme at the University of Dundee.
Based in London and Scotland, Kirsty is married and has two daughters
For more information see http://www.kirsty-gunn.com/
Source: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/kirsty-gunn