Editing University of St Andrews (section)

===Development===
[[File:St Salvators chapel and north street -St Andrews.jpg|left|thumb|St Salvator's Chapel]]
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the university had mixed fortunes and was often beset by civil and religious disturbances. In a particularly acute depression in 1747, severe financial problems triggered the dissolution of St Leonard's College, whose properties and staff were merged into St Salvator's College to form the [[United College, St Andrews|United College of St Salvator and St Leonard]].<ref name="Mediaeval university" /> Throughout this period student numbers were very low; for instance, when [[Samuel Johnson]] visited the university in 1773, the university had fewer than 100 students, and was in his opinion in a steady decline. He described it as "pining in decay and struggling for life".<ref name="gutenberg.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2064/2064-h/2064-h.htm |title=A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland |publisher=Gutenberg.org |date=20 April 2005 |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233921/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2064/2064-h/2064-h.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The poverty of Scotland during this period also damaged St Andrews, as few were able to patronise the university and its colleges, and with state support being improbable, the income they received was scarce.