George Meikle Kemp
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George Meikle Kemp was a self-taught Scottish architect who designed and built the Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland. The poorly educated son of a shepherd, showing talents in woodworking as a chi
Portrait of Kemp by William Bonnar c1840
Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, drawn by George Meikle Kemp, c1830
The Royal Institution, Edinburgh, drawn by Kemp, 1837–1839
Kemp on the building site of the Scott Monument, photographed c. 1843 by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
Morningside, Edinburgh
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Morningside is a district and former village in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies alongside the main arterial Morningside Road, part of an ancient route from Edinburgh to the south west of Sco
George Meikle Kemp
…crowds came to observe the funeral procession. The workmen who had laboured with him in the building of the monument carried his coffin from his home in Morningside to St Cuthbert's churchyard below Edinburgh Castle, where he was buried. Kemp died intestate, leaving assets of around £203 (equivalent to £22,300 in…
Morningside Clock
Victorian shops in Morningside Road
Old School House, Morningside Road
Morningside Library