[3] In October 1907, he enrolled at the University of Glasgow and graduated with an ordinary MA degree on 10 June 1910 having taken classes in mathematics, logic, and moral philosophy.
[2] In 1912, he was awarded the George A. Clark Scholarship which allowed him to study French and Italian at the Sorbonne, Toulouse and the British School in Rome.
[1] He experienced trench warfare with this regiment and rose quickly in the ranks to become a Captain, serving at home and in France where his battalion took part in the Battle of Loos.
[3] Renwick returned to civilian life in 1919 and went up to Merton College, Oxford;[4] the following year he was awarded a B.Litt degree for his thesis on the renaissance poet, Edmund Spenser.
He also spent a year in China as a visiting professor, lecturing with the British Council on a tour of Chinese Universities offering support to academic staff from 1943-1944.
[7] Professor William Lindsay Renwick is commemorated on the Glasgow School of Art’s First World War Roll of Honour.