Graduates of Aberdeen University

Unfortunately none of my family back in the day were clever enough, or perhaps more accurately couldn’t afford higher education. But seems a great resource, only managed a quick look and the records don’t seem to be able to be searched by surname other than scrolling,

In our case it seems someone was a smart boy and was 'promoted' from his local school at Rathven to the school at Keith, which apparently had a reputation for good teaching and preparing ordinary boys for university. He boarded with a local family. He then won a bursary to Aberdeen and after graduating was a teacher for only a couple of years before becoming a rector.
I've just realised that I misremembered the date. He graduated in 1857, not 1861, from the then Kings College.
There is a search function, the magnifying glass at the top left of the digitised volumes. There is additional information in some cases, showing employment at venerable institutions and journeys abroad.
But yes, it will be something of a minority interest. It was over a century before we had another graduate, now we are 50+% graduates!