John Home
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Rev John Home was a Scottish minister, soldier and author. His play Douglas was a standard Scottish school text until the Second World War, but his work is now largely neglected. In 1783, he was one of the joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Portrait, oil on canvas, of John Home by Henry Raeburn, c. 1795–1800
John Home as depicted on the Scott Monument
John Home's grave South Leith Parish Church
Leith
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Leith is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.
Aerial view of Leith and the Firth of Forth
The Shore, Leith
'Giant's Brae' on Leith Links
Lamb's House in 2009