The last, and grandest, of Scotland's Royal Asylums was founded in Dumfries in 1839 by Elizabeth Crichton (1779-1862), a wealthy local widow. She persuaded William A. F. Browne to become physician superintendent and implement his innovative ideas of occupational therapy and art therapy.^[1] Her intention to found a university there was blocked by the existing Scottish universities.

it is at the Crichton where Ursula Fleming was educated. Among the people to have been treated there are Charles Altamont Doyle and Dora Marsden.

Ironically, the site which is part of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary has now become a remote campus for several of those universities, namely the University of Glasgow and University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College and the Open University. The campus mainly offers business, computing and nursing courses collectively known as Crichton University Campus.

From playing on the sports fields is where various incarnations of Crichton F.C. has taken it's name.

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• University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries