Pritchett College

The first classes were conducted in the 1866–67 academic year at 3rd and Market Streets in buildings that previously housed Glasgow Female Seminary.

The first Board of Trustees appointed by the Glasgow city council were James O. Swinney, Henry C. Cockerill, and Joshua Belden.

Swinney later donated money to purchase new grounds and a three-story brick building served 200 students in 1869.

Resources were limited and the trustees of Pritchett explored the possibility of merger with a proposal to move Central College to Glasgow in 1878.

Dr. Pritchett continued as director of the observatory following the end of his presidency and served until September, 1905.

Observations of the [clarification needed] are probably the best known, and Dr. Pritchett was designated as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of England.