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Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901)
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In 1911 the family presented to the University Library a number of books from Peter Guthrie Tait's own library, including a first printing of Newton's "Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica" (1687) inscribed from Dr Findlater to F. G. Tait in 1883. Freddie was Peter Guthrie Tait's third son; he was British Amateur Golf Champion in 1896 and 1898, and was killed in the Boer War in 1900. The books are listed in the Library's pre-1985 guardbook catalogue. | |
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