Thomas Rodger

[1] At age 14, he was apprenticed to Dr. James, a local chemist and druggist, whilst studying at Madras College.

Rodger enrolled at the Andersonian College of Glasgow to study medicine, but Adamson persuaded him to set up a professional business in calotyping in St Andrews.

[7] There is a blue plaque in his honour in St Andrews outside his house and studio (now the University Careers Centre).

It says "The first professional photographer in St. Andrews, he was taught the calotype process by Dr John Adamson, who induced him to make it his life's work.

His pictorial record of the town, its people, the fisher folk and eminent visitors, brought him great fame.