herring bodies Percy Theodore Herring (Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy 1908–1948). The Morris water navigation task was developed by Richard Morris at the university's Gatty Marine Laboratory.
== In popular culture ==
The University of St Andrews has appeared in or been referenced by a number of popular media works, in film and literature.
=== Film and television ===
West Sands Beach in St Andrews was used as a location for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), the scene, in which several of the main characters run along the beach, has become widely recognised and one of the most famous scenes in British film history.
The student hall, Andrew Melville Hall, was used for location shooting of the 2010 film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Never Let Me Go starring Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan.
Season 6 of the Netflix show The Crown was in part filmed in St Andrews.
The crime drama Karen Pirie was set and filmed in St Andrews.
=== Literature ===
In Enid Blyton's Malory Towers novel series, the main heroine Darrell Rivers plans to attend the University of St Andrews after Sixth Form with some of her fellow characters.
St Andrews appeared in Samuel Johnson's travel narrative A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), in which he visited the university.
Bruce Marshall's romance novel, Girl in May (1956), is set in St Andrews.
Adam Nevill's horror novel Banquet for the Damned (2004) takes place in St Andrews.
Jay Parini's memoir Borges and Me (2020) recounts the author's road trip from St Andrews to the Highlands with Jorge Luis Borges.
== See also ==
== Notes ==
== References ==
== Sources ==
R.G. Cant The University of St Andrews, A Short History (Oliver and Boyd Ltd. 1946)
== External links ==
Official website
University of St Andrews Students' Association Website
Research@StAndrews:FullText, the university's digital repository of research output
BBC Your Paintings, Public Catalogue Foundation
