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University of Edinburgh
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The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotlands ancient universities. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city of Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh was ranked 17th and 21st in the world by the 2014–15 and 2015-16 QS rankings. It is now ranked 19th in the according to 2016-17 QS Rankings. It is ranked 16th in the world in arts and humanities by the 2015–16 Times Higher Education Ranking and it is ranked the 23rd most employable university in the world by the 2015 Global Employability University Ranking. It is ranked as the 6th best university in Europe by the U. S. News Best Global Universities Ranking and it is a member of both the Russell Group, and the League of European Research Universities, a consortium of 21 research universities in Europe. It has the third largest endowment of any university in the United Kingdom, after the universities of Cambridge and it continues to have links to the British Royal Family, having had the Duke of Edinburgh as its Chancellor from 1953 to 2010 and Princess Anne since 2011. Edinburgh receives approximately 50,000 applications every year, making it the fourth most popular university in the UK by volume of applicants, after St Andrews, it is the most difficult university to gain admission into in Scotland, and 9th overall in the UK. This was a move at the time, as most universities were established through Papal bulls. Established as the Tounis College, it opened its doors to students in October 1583, instruction began under the charge of another St Andrews graduate Robert Rollock. It was the fourth Scottish university in a period when the more populous. It was renamed King Jamess College in 1617, by the 18th century, the university was a leading centre of the Scottish Enlightenment. The universitys first custom-built building was the Old College, now Edinburgh Law School and its first forte in teaching was anatomy and the developing science of surgery, from which it expanded into many other subjects. From the basement of a nearby house ran the anatomy tunnel corridor and it went under what was then North College Street, and under the university buildings until it reached the universitys anatomy lecture theatre, delivering bodies for dissection. It was from this tunnel the body of William Burke was taken after he had been hanged, towards the end of the 19th century, Old College was becoming overcrowded and Robert Rowand Anderson was commissioned to design new Medical School premises in 1875. The medical school was more or less built to his design and was completed by the addition of the McEwan Hall in the 1880s. The building now known as New College was originally built as a Free Church college in the 1840s and has been the home of divinity at the university since the 1920s. The two oldest schools – law and divinity – are both well-esteemed, with law being based in Old College and divinity in New College on the Mound and they are also represented by the Edinburgh University Sports Union which was founded in 1866. The medical school is renowned throughout the world and it was widely considered the best medical school in the English-speaking world throughout the 18th century and first half of the 19th century
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 local government council areas. Located in Lothian on the Firth of Forths southern shore, it is Scotlands second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The 2014 official population estimates are 464,990 for the city of Edinburgh,492,680 for the authority area. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is home to the Scottish Parliament and it is the largest financial centre in the UK after London. Historically part of Midlothian, the city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, the sciences and engineering. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, was placed 17th in the QS World University Rankings in 2013 and 2014. The city is famous for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe. The citys historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdoms second most popular tourist destination after London, attracting over one million overseas visitors each year. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, Edinburghs Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999. It appears to derive from the place name Eidyn mentioned in the Old Welsh epic poem Y Gododdin, the poem names Din Eidyn as a hill fort in the territory of the Gododdin. The Celtic element din was dropped and replaced by the Old English burh, the first documentary evidence of the medieval burgh is a royal charter, c. 1124–1127, by King David I granting a toft in burgo meo de Edenesburg to the Priory of Dunfermline. In modern Gaelic, the city is called Dùn Èideann, the earliest known human habitation in the Edinburgh area was at Cramond, where evidence was found of a Mesolithic camp site dated to c.8500 BC. Traces of later Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements have found on Castle Rock, Arthurs Seat, Craiglockhart Hill. When the Romans arrived in Lothian at the end of the 1st century AD, at some point before the 7th century AD, the Gododdin, who were presumably descendants of the Votadini, built the hill fort of Din Eidyn or Etin. Although its location has not been identified, it likely they would have chosen a commanding position like the Castle Rock, Arthurs Seat. In 638, the Gododdin stronghold was besieged by forces loyal to King Oswald of Northumbria and it thenceforth remained under their jurisdiction. The royal burgh was founded by King David I in the early 12th century on land belonging to the Crown, in 1638, King Charles Is attempt to introduce Anglican church forms in Scotland encountered stiff Presbyterian opposition culminating in the conflicts of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. In the 17th century, Edinburghs boundaries were defined by the citys defensive town walls
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South Bridge, Edinburgh
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South Bridge is a bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, starting at the High Street and finishing at Chambers Street/Infirmary Street. The bridge is constructed of nineteen arches, but is now almost entirely enclosed by buildings on both sides, exposing only the largest arch, where the crosses the Cowgate. Below deck level are many buildings and vaults, the latter now something of a tourist attraction, most of the buildings on the deck level have separate entrances at the level of the streets passing below or parallel to the bridge. North Bridge, Edinburgh George IV Bridge 2002 Cowgate Fire, which destroyed and damaged several South Bridge buildings
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Edinburgh Law School
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Edinburgh Law School, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom dedicated to research and teaching in law. Known today as Edinburgh Law School, it is located in the historic Old College, two of the twelve currently sitting Supreme Court of the United Kingdom justices are graduates of Edinburgh. The offer rate for the 2013–2014 admissions cycle was 21. 4%, Edinburgh Law includes undergraduate LLB and post-graduate LLB programs, along with LLM, MSc and PhD programs. In 2010, the Guardian University Guide ranked Edinburgh Law School as the fourth best law school in the UK, in 2014, the Research Excellence Framework commissioned by the UK government, ranked Edinburgh University 1st in Scotland and 4th in the UK. Also in 2014, the newspaper The Telegraph ranked Edinburgh Law 6th in the United Kingdom, by 1722 the University had four Professors of Law, and classes—in Civil Law, Scots Law and History—were usually given in their respective homes or offices. Numbers grew with the expansion of the profession in the 19th century. Scholarship amongst the academics at Edinburgh continued to grow in reputation, with the work of Muirhead, Lorimer and Rankine achieving international renown. The Faculty of Law had moved to Old College, built in 1789, the degree was only open to graduates, usually those who had studied for the M. A. at a Scottish University or the B. A. at Oxford or Cambridge. In 1909 the first women were enrolled on the Law course, by 1966, the LL. B. had become a full-time undergraduate course, although many would continue to study for an Arts degree beforehand. In 1981, Edinburgh first offered the Diploma in Legal Practice, Students wishing to enter the legal profession. Today, the School of Law is associated both with traditional Scots law and with innovation across a range of subjects. In 2007 the School celebrated its Tercentenary year, marked by a series of events, james Muirheads work on Roman Law garnered international praise, Professor Erskines Principles became a standard text in Scots Law, as did those of Professor George Joseph Bell. In the 20th-century, the eminent legal theorist Professor Sir Neil MacCormick wrote his texts on legal philosophy as Regius Professor at Edinburgh. Students of the School of Law are represented by the Law Students Council, the University of Edinburgh Law Society, known as LawSoc, provides a programme of social events. In addition, there is a Postgraduate Students Research Committee for doctoral level students, for graduate-level students there are a number of subject-specific discussion groups which meet on a regular basis. Since 2008, the students have published the Edinburgh Student Law Review, sponsored by Herbert Smith and Balfour and Manson
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Talbot Rice Gallery
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Talbot Rice Gallery is part of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. The Gallery focuses on art exhibitions and has collaborated with some of the worlds leading international artists including Rosemarie Trockel, Joseph Kosuth and Tim Rollins. Being part of a University, Talbot Rice Gallery also creates links between artists and academics, providing access to cutting edge research and historic collections. The Gallerys website states, Being part of the University of Edinburgh allows Talbot Rice to collaborate with a range of departments, academics, the Universitys historic Old College was designed by Robert Adam and completed by William Henry Playfair. In 1967 the library collection was moved to a new location, an arts centre with an exhibition hall was opened in the Quad in 1970, following a £20,000 renovation paid for by the Gulbenkian Foundation. The gallery opened in 1975 and takes its name from David Talbot Rice, the gallery receives funding from Creative Scotland in addition to the university. The gallery comprises two main exhibition spaces which include a changing programme of about 5 exhibitions per year. The Georgian Gallery is home to a permanent display of the universitys Torrie Collection of Old Master paintings, the gallery is open to the public and admission free. Their website provides information on opening hours, current and previous exhibitions, lectures and events, in addition to details of available catalogues, official website The University of Edinburgh Talbot Rice Gallery on ArtGuide. Org Info on TRG from the 24Hour Museum
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Robert Adam
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Robert Adam FRSE FRS FSA FSA FRSA was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam, Scotlands foremost architect of the time, with his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after Williams death. In 1754, he left for Rome, spending five years on the continent studying architecture under Charles-Louis Clérisseau. On his return to Britain he established a practice in London, here he developed the Adam Style, and his theory of movement in architecture, based on his studies of antiquity and became one of the most successful and fashionable architects in the country. Adam held the post of Architect of the Kings Works from 1761 to 1769, Robert Adam was a leader of the first phase of the classical revival in England and Scotland from around 1760 until his death. He influenced the development of Western architecture, both in Europe and in North America, Adam designed interiors and fittings as well as houses. He served as the member of Parliament for Kinross-shire from 1768 to 1774, Adam was born on 3 July 1728 at Gladney House in Kirkcaldy, Fife, although the family moved to Edinburgh later that same year. As a child he was noted as having a feeble constitution, in autumn 1743 he matriculated at Edinburgh University, and compulsory classes for all students were, the Greek language, logic, metaphysics and Natural philosophy. Students could choose three subjects, Adam attended classes in mathematics, taught by Colin Maclaurin, and anatomy. His studies were interrupted by the arrival of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders, at the end of the year, Robert fell seriously ill for some months, and it seems unlikely that he returned to university, having completed only two years of study. On his recovery from illness in 1746, he joined his elder brother John as apprentice to his father and he assisted William Adam on projects such as the building of Inveraray Castle and the continuing extensions of Hopetoun House. Williams position as Master Mason to the Board of Ordnance also began to generate much work, William Adam died in June 1748, and left Dowhill, a part of the Blair Adam estate which included a tower house, to Robert. On William Adams death, John Adam inherited both the business and the position of Master Mason to the Board of Ordnance. He immediately took Robert into partnership, later to be joined by James Adam, the Adam Brothers first major commission was the decoration of the grand state apartments on the first floor at Hopetoun House, followed by their first new build at Dumfries House. For the Board of Ordnance, the brothers were the contractor at Fort George. In the winter of 1749–1750, Adam travelled to London with his friend and he took the opportunity for architectural study, visiting Wilton, designed by Inigo Jones, and the Queens Hermitage in Richmond by Roger Morris. His sketchbook of the trip shows an continuing interest in gothic architecture. Among his friends at Edinburgh were the philosophers Adam Ferguson and David Hume, other Edinburgh acquaintances included Gilbert Elliot, William Wilkie, John Home and Alexander Wedderburn
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George Square, Edinburgh
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George Square is a city square in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the south of the city centre, adjacent to the Meadows and it was laid out in 1766 outside the overcrowded Old Town, and was a popular residential area for Edinburghs better-off citizens. In the 1960s much of the square was redeveloped by the University of Edinburgh, despite the protests of the Cockburn Association, most but not all buildings on the square now belong to the university. Principal buildings include the Main Library, David Hume Tower and Appleton Tower, the square was laid out by the builder James Brown, and comprised modest, typically Georgian, terraced houses. Away from the overcrowded Old Town, George Square became popular with lawyers, well-known residents included Sir Walter Scott, the judge Lord Braxfield, and the politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The square was named after James Browns elder brother, George Brown, the University of Edinburgh began drawing up plans to redevelop the square in the 1950s. Architects Basil Spence, Robert Matthew were closely involved in the plans, opposition to demolition of the Georgian Square was led by the Cockburn Association, and the Georgian Group of Edinburgh which was established by Colin McWilliam and others to resist the proposals. In the end, the side of the square was retained. On the northern side, the 19th century George Watsons Ladies College was retained alongside the modern Hugh Robson Building, Georgian terraces were retained along half of the east side, while the southern side was entirely redeveloped. The David Hume Tower stands at the south-east corner, adjacent to the lecture theatre. The Main Library occupies most of the side of the square. During August each year, the square becomes an important hub for events at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, many of the university buildings, notably George Square Theatre and the lecture theatres in the David Hume Tower complex are converted to use as venues by venue operator Assembly. The gardens are filled with bars and pop-up venues, including, in recent years while nearby Bristo Square is being renovated, archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Media related to George Square, Edinburgh at Wikimedia Commons
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John Hutchison (sculptor)
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John Hutchison was a Scottish sculptor based in Edinburgh. His most notable work is the bust of Sir Walter Scott in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. He was born in Laurieston, in north-west Edinburgh and he lived worked and died in Edinburgh. However his apprenticeship was served in Hospitalfield, Arbroath 1849 to 1853 under James Christie alongside Robert Scott Lauder and he exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy from 1862 until 1902. He acted as Librarian to the RSA from 1877-1886 and as Honorary Treasurer from 1886 –1907 and he studied at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art 1894-5, when already an established sculptor. He contributed three stone figures to the Scott Monument on Princes Street, Baron Bradwardine, The Glee Maiden and Flora MacIvor. His sculpture yard stood at 3 Torphicen Place in Edinburghs West End and he died in Edinburgh and is buried in Grange Cemetery, in the northern half of its SE section, alongside his wife Margaret Ballantine. His daughter Henrietta married Andrew Paterson Melville and became a Justice of the Peace
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Napoleonic Wars
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The wars resulted from the unresolved disputes associated with the French Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars, which had raged on for years before concluding with the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. Napoleon became the First Consul of France in 1799, then Emperor five years later, inheriting the political and military struggles of the Revolution, he created a state with stable finances, a strong central bureaucracy, and a well-trained army. The British frequently financed the European coalitions intended to thwart French ambitions, by 1805, they had managed to convince the Austrians and the Russians to wage another war against France. At sea, the Royal Navy destroyed a combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in October 1805, Prussian worries about increasing French power led to the formation of the Fourth Coalition in 1806. France then forced the defeated nations of the Fourth Coalition to sign the Treaties of Tilsit in July, although Tilsit signified the high watermark of the French Empire, it did not bring a lasting peace for Europe. Hoping to extend the Continental System and choke off British trade with the European mainland, Napoleon invaded Iberia, the Spanish and the Portuguese revolted with British support. The Peninsular War lasted six years, featured extensive guerrilla warfare, the Continental System caused recurring diplomatic conflicts between France and its client states, especially Russia. Unwilling to bear the consequences of reduced trade, the Russians routinely violated the Continental System. The French launched an invasion of Russia in the summer of 1812. The resulting campaign witnessed the collapse and retreat of the Grand Army along with the destruction of Russian lands. In 1813, Prussia and Austria joined Russian forces in a Sixth Coalition against France, a lengthy military campaign culminated in a large Allied army defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813. The Allies then invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of 1814 and he was exiled to the island of Elba near Rome and the Bourbons were restored to power. However, Napoleon escaped from Elba in February 1815 and took control of France once again, the Allies responded by forming a Seventh Coalition, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in June. The Congress of Vienna, which started in 1814 and concluded in 1815, established the new borders of Europe and laid out the terms, Napoleon seized power in 1799, creating a de facto military dictatorship. The Napoleonic Wars began with the War of the Third Coalition, Kagan argues that Britain was irritated in particular by Napoleons assertion of control over Switzerland. Furthermore, Britons felt insulted when Napoleon stated that their country deserved no voice in European affairs, for its part, Russia decided that the intervention in Switzerland indicated that Napoleon was not looking toward a peaceful resolution of his differences with the other European powers. The British quickly enforced a blockade of France to starve it of resources. Napoleon responded with economic embargoes against Britain, and sought to eliminate Britains Continental allies to break the coalitions arrayed against him, the so-called Continental System formed a league of armed neutrality to disrupt the blockade and enforce free trade with France
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William Henry Playfair
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William Henry Playfair FRSE was one of the greatest Scottish architects of the 19th century, designer of many of Edinburghs neo-classical landmarks in the New Town. He was born on 15 July 1790 in Russell Square, London, to James Playfair, Playfairs father was also an architect, and his uncles were John Playfair, the scientist, and William Playfair, an economist and pioneer of information graphics. Two of his finest works are the buildings of the National Gallery of Scotland. The Playfair Project completed in 2004 joined the two buildings with an underground link. In the 1830s Playfair is listed as living at 17 Great Stuart Street on the prestigious Moray Estate in Edinburghs west end, Playfair joined the Free Church following the Disruption of 1843, losing his right to burial in the parish churchyard. Playfair took David Cousin under his wing and was responsible for the part of his training. 1817 Appointed architect to design work on the Old College, University of Edinburgh. The building was completed around 1831,1818 Commissioned by the will of the late Captain John McNabb to design the main building of Dollar Academy, a fitting structure with a Doric facade, which is now named after him. However, due to lack of investment it was never finished, adjacent to The Royal Scottish Academy. 1851 Donaldsons College, Edinburgh 1852 Dunstane House – now a Hotel in west of Edinburgh 1859 National Gallery of Scotland opened to the two years after Playfairs death. Parks & Gardens, UK Playfair, William Henry, Dictionary of Scottish Architects Dictionary of Scottish Architects- William Henry Playfair Gazetteer for Scotland Details William Henry Playfairs buildings in Edinburgh Portrait
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Edinburgh University Library
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Edinburgh University Library is one of the most important libraries of Scotland. The University Library was moved in 1827 to William Playfairs Upper Library in the Old College building, the collections in Edinburgh University Old College were moved in 1967 to the purpose-built eight-storey Main Library building at George Square. Today, Edinburghs university-wide library system holds over 3. 8m books, e-books, the University was founded by Royal Charter from King James VI in 1582 and opened in 1583, but the library pre-dated this by three years. The initial collection was a bequest of 276 theological books from Clement Littill, the Special Collections Department has about 200,000 items in all branches of knowledge. There are 1,200 incunabula, about 9,000 printed books from 16th century,35,000 from the 17th and 18th centuries, an important part of this collection is German Reformation tracts. Among the many collections of the library are two which were formerly in the possession of the 19th-century Shakespearian scholar James Halliwell-Phillipps. The first collection was acquired by the library between 1872 and 1889, including a Shakespearian collection, the second collection was acquired in 1964 by purchase from Sothebys. The Main Library is situated on the south west corner of George Square, opened in 1967, the eight storey building was designed by Sir Basil Spence. The horizontal library exterior is designed to look like a bookcase. Upon opening, it was the largest university library in the UK, glasgow Universitys similar,12 storey, brutalist library was opened the following year. The current Librarian to the University of Edinburgh is Gavin McLachlan, the current Director of Library and University Collections is Jeremy Upton. University of Edinburgh Finlayson, Charles P. Clement Littill and his Library, the origins of Edinburgh University Library
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Robert Rowand Anderson
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Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, FRSE RSA was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860, during the 1860s his main work was small churches in the First Pointed style that is characteristic of Scotts former assistants. By 1880 his practice was designing some of the most prestigious public, Anderson was born at Liberton, outside Edinburgh, the third child of James Anderson, a solicitor, and Margaret Rowand. Educated at George Watsons College, he began an apprenticeship in 1845. He began to study architecture in 1849, attending classes at the Trustees Drawing Academy, in 1857 he took a two-year post as an assistant to George Gilbert Scott, in his office at Trafalgar Square, London. Here he worked alongside many influential architects and he then spent time travelling and studying in France and Italy, also working briefly for Pierre Cuypers in Roermond, Netherlands. In 1860 Anderson returned to Edinburgh, and began working as an architect with the Royal Engineers, undertaking works on coastal defences, all of these were carried out alongside his work for the Royal Engineers, and show the influence of Scotts church designs. Anderson set up his own independent practice in 1868 and his first significant commission came in 1871, for the restoration of St Vigeans Parish Church, Angus. He went on to win the competition to design the Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh, Anderson joined the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, where he met future clients including the Marquis of Bute. In 1873 a short-lived partnership with David Bryce began, but was dissolved only a few months later, in 1874 he was invited to submit designs for a competition for the University of Edinburgh Medical Faculty and graduation hall. He undertook further tours to Europe, resulting in the winning Italian Renaissance style design which was finalised in 1877. The design secured Andersons election to the Royal Scottish Academy, although the Medical School was not completed until 1886, and his next major commission came soon after, in 1876, when he was appointed as architect for Glasgow Central Station. In 1878 Anderson designed a new Mount Stuart House in an Italian Gothic style for the 3rd Marquess of Bute, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery was designed in a similar style, and also executed in red sandstone. However, Browne left in 1885, and Hew Wardrop died in 1887 at Udny Castle, notable architects employed within the Anderson practice included Robert Weir Schultz, Robert Lorimer, Sydney Mitchell, and James Jerdan. During the 1880s, Andersons style became increasingly influenced by Scottish historical architecture, possibly as a result of his friendship with architectural historians MacGibbon, the Scottish influence is evident in the Normand Memorial Hall, Dysart, Ardgowan Estate Office, Greenock, and the Pearce Institute, Govan. From the 1890s, restoration became the focus of Andersons architecture and he had already undertaken work at Iona Abbey and Jedburgh Abbey in the 1870s, and now restored Dunblane Cathedral and Paisley Abbey. He became more involved in teaching, helping to set up a School of Applied Art in 1892, in 1903 this merged into the new Edinburgh College of Art, with Anderson as a trustee. In his later years Anderson became difficult to work with, and was perceived as arrogant, another partnership, formed in 1899, was dissolved following lawsuits in 1902
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Gorgie
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Gorgie is a densely populated area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the west of the city and borders Murrayfield, Ardmillan, the name is thought to be Brythonic in origin. Early forms suggest it derives from gor gyn – upper wedge – which may refer to the shape of the land between the Water of Leith and the Craiglockhart hills. An alternative derivation is big field from Cumbric gor cyn, Gorgie is recorded in 12th century charters of Holyrood Abbey, when in 1236 it came into the possession of Sir William Livingston. In 1799, the Cox family who owned a mill bought most of the estate from the residual Livingston family. They developed a factory on the site, which was redeveloped under a new Post Office Telecommunications telephone exchange in 1969. From 1527, the landowners lived in Gorgie House, situated on Alexander Drive and its remnants were demolished in 1937, to allow construction of the Pooles Roxy cinema and some housing. Gorgie developed at a slower pace than nearby Dalry, allowing the operation of the 10 acres Gorgie pig farm until 1885. By 1800, only the area between Robertson Avenue and Saughton Park had any housing, served by a school and a church mission, the distillery gained access to the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway, which began developing a railway station in Gorgie. McVitie & Price Ltd was established in 1830 on Rose Street in Edinburgh, the firm moved to various sites in the city, before completing the St. Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in 1888. Though the factory burned down in 1894, it was rebuilt the same year and it is one of the claimed sites of where the digestive biscuit was invented. The site was closed in 1969, when production ceased and operations were transferred to Levenshulme in Manchester, after closure, Ferranti occupied the buildings as an electronics factory until the 1980s. In 1906, pharmaceutical research company T&H Smith Ltd moved from Canongate to the district, now merged with two other Edinburgh-based medical research companies, they form leading global medicinal-opiate producer MacFarlan Smith. The chemical plant of Coxs glue and gelatin works, and the Caledonian Brewery also developed in the area, most of the large industrial works closed from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, bringing high unemployment to the area. The recent refurbishment of many of the buildings has brought a more cosmopolitan nature to the district. There is also a school, Tynecastle High School. Gorgie City Farm was established by people in 1982 on the site of a derelict railway goods yard. Set up as a community project with the aim of improving education in agriculture, horticulture, in 2012 Gorgie was the centre of a Legionaires Disease outbreak believed to originate from factory cooling towers in the area
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Robert Cox (politician)
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Robert J. Cox FRSE was a Scottish gelatine and glue manufacturer and Liberal Unionist politician. Cox was the son of George Cox of Gorgie, a district of Edinburgh and his wife Isabella, the daughter of Robert Craig and he was educated at Loretto School, St Andrews University and Edinburgh University. In 1875 he married Harriet Sophia Bennett, the daughter of the eminent physician and they may have had a son, also Robert Cox, who died in 1952. From 1874, Cox was the partner of J & G Cox, Ltd gelatine. He was later Chairman of the Madelvic Motor Carriage Company Ltd of Granton, in 1885 he was living at 34 Drumsheugh Gardens in Edinburghs West End. Cox took an interest in local politics, at one time or another he sat as a member of the Mid Lothian County Council, Edinburgh Parish Council, Edinburgh Town Council and the School Board. Cox first stood for Parliament at a by-election in the Kirkcaldy Burghs constituency on 11 March 1892, Cox was selected as the Unionist candidate for the seat, which had become vacant on the death of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir George Campbell. However Cox was unsuccessful, the seat being held for the Liberals by a majority of 1,036 votes, by J H Dalziel, a journalist and later newspaper proprietor. Cox did not contest the 1892 general election but in June 1895 the Unionist Association of the East Edinburgh division approached him as a possible candidate and it was thought possible that Wallace would stand as an independent and create a three-cornered contest. Cox declined the offer to stand in Edinburgh East and instead was adopted as Liberal Unionist candidate for the Edinburgh South division and he narrowly defeated the sitting Liberal MP, Herbert Paul, turning a Liberal majority of 431 into a Unionist one of just 97. Cox served as a Justice of the Peace for Mid Lothian and was sometime Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Edinburgh and he also served as President of the Scottish Rights of Way Association. Cox had a range of intellectual interests. He was particularly concerned with philosophy and astronomy and he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts and Vice-President of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution. He employed William Peck to run a private observatory at Murrayfield, in 1899, Cox was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Cox was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers, Cox was in poor health towards the end of his life. He died at Aix-les-Bains on 2 June 1899, aged 54 and he is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, in its north-east section not far from the entrance. He is also memorialised on his parents grave in St Cuthberts churchyard in the city centre, leigh Rayments Historical List of MPs Hansard 1803–2005, contributions in Parliament by Robert Cox
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Robert Lorimer
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Lorimer was born in Edinburgh, the son of James Lorimer, who was Regius Professor of Public Law at Edinburgh University from 1862 to 1890. In his youth the family lived at 21 Hill Street, a Georgian house in Edinburghs South Side, very close to Old College and he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and later at Edinburgh University. He was part of a family, being the younger brother of painter John Henry Lorimer. In 1878 the Lorimer family acquired the lease of Kellie Castle in Fife and he was influenced by Scottish domestic architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries and the Scots Baronial style of Kellie Castle where he had spent much time as a young man. From his time in Bodleys office, Lorimer was influenced by the ideas of William Morris, in 1896 he was elected to the Art Workers Guild. Lorimer designed a series of cottages in the Arts and Crafts style in the Colinton area of Edinburgh, constructed using traditional methods and materials, each cottage included a garden layout and interior design, including furniture, in keeping with the Arts and Crafts concept. By 1900, eight cottages had been built and four others were under construction, of these, Ardkinglas, on Loch Fyne was the only one built as originally designed and, Lorimer having been given carte blanche, represents his masterpiece. His important restorations at this time include Lennoxlove House, Haddington and probably his most evocative, at Dunderave, a good representative of this sort of work is Hunterston Castle in Ayrshire. The World War I restricted the demand for new houses and his attention shifted to smaller scale projects, war memorials. Although much of his work, and reputation, was in the sphere of domestic architecture, principal amongst these include his design for the new chapel for the Knights of the Thistle in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1911. One of his last works was Knightswood St Margarets Parish Church, Glasgow, Lorimer was a fellow of the North British Academy of Arts. He lived here for 26 years and died here in 1929 and he was cremated at the newly opened Warriston Crematorium and his ashes were thereafter buried with his parents at Newburn in rural south-east Fife, close to the family home of Kellie Castle. The grave lies in the extreme south-west corner of this tiny and very remote churchyard, the Work of Sir Robert Lorimer. Lorimer and the Edinburgh craft designers, a Comment on Tradition, Robert S. Lorimers Furniture Design. ISBN 0-9520345-0-6 Richardson, Harriet and Lord, Gay, Lorimer and his craftsmen, A National Trust for Scotland Exhibition, Summer 1986
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Pilkington Jackson
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Charles d’Orville Pilkington Jackson ARSA, FRBS, FRSA was a British sculptor prominent in Scotland in the 20th century. Through his career he worked closely with the architect Sir Robert Lorimer and he is most noteworthy for his creation of one of Scotland’s iconic landmarks, which appears in much promotional material about Scotland, the statue of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn. Charles dOrville was born at Garlenick near Grampound, Cornwall the son of Ethel Katie DOrville and she married Louis Pilkington Jackson soon after, who may be presumed to be Charles father, leading him to adopt his name in later life. Charles attended the Edinburgh Institution from 1905 and the newly established Edinburgh College of Art in 1907, studying design and he graduated in 1910 and received a travelling scholarship of £100, which he used to visit the British School in Rome. Whilst in Rome he worked with Giacomo Boni on the rebuilding of the Arch of Titus, in 1911, on his return to Scotland, he established himself in a studio with William MacDonald, a bronze founder. In the First World War he served in the Ayrshire Field Artillery in both Egypt and Palestine, and was Mentioned in Dispatches, after the war he received numerous commissions to design war memorials and these extend across the whole width and breadth of Scotland. He was appointed as supervising sculptor for the Scottish National War Memorial, in 1929 he visited the eminent Swedish sculptor Carl Milles whom he acknowledged as a great influence on his work. In the Second World War, although being far beyond the age of conscription at 52, he joined the army. He had a long working career leading to his most famous commission. The mounted statue of Robert the Bruce forms the point of the memorial to the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn. The statue and monument are listed at category A, and are included as one of the 60 DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments of the post-war period, Pilkington Jackson exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy, and was elected as an academician in 1956. He also served on the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland and he is buried in Lasswade Cemetery at the north end of the modern section. He designed both his own stone and that of his parents, which stands alongside and his son Richard DOrville Pilkington Jackson is buried with them. Media related to Charles dOrville Pilkington Jackson at Wikimedia Commons Charles dOrville Pilkington Jackson, Sculptor, in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Anne, Princess Royal
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Anne, Princess Royal, KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO GCL CD is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third in the line of succession, behind her mother – then Princess Elizabeth – and elder brother and she rose to second after her mothers accession, but is currently 12th in line. Anne is known for her work, and is patron of over 200 organisations. Princess Anne has held the title of Princess Royal since 1987 and is its seventh holder, Anne was married to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, they divorced in 1992. They have two children and three grandchildren, in 1992, within months of her divorce, Anne married Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, whom she had met while he served as her mothers equerry between 1986 and 1989. Anne was born at Clarence House on 15 August 1950 at 11,50 am, as the child and only daughter of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. She was the grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Anne was baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 21 October 1950, by Archbishop of York, after the death of George VI, Annes mother ascended the throne as Queen Elizabeth II. Given her young age at the time, she did not attend the coronation, the Company was active until 1963, when Anne went to boarding school. Anne enrolled at Benenden School in 1963, in 1968 she left school with six GCE O-Levels and two A-Levels. In the next couple of years, Anne started dating, in 1970 her first boyfriend was Andrew Parker Bowles, who later became the first husband of Camilla Shand. Following the wedding, Anne and her husband lived at Gatcombe Park and he was made acting captain by the start of 1974 when he was appointed a personal aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. By 1989, however, Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announced their intention to separate, the couple divorced on 23 April 1992. The Queen had offered Phillips an earldom on his wedding day, the couple had two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips. As female-line descendants of royalty, the children have no title despite being the grandchildren of a monarch, Anne became a grandmother on 29 December 2010 when Peter and his wife Autumn had a daughter, Savannah. On 29 March 2012, the couple had daughter, Isla. Annes third granddaughter, Mia Grace, was born on 17 January 2014 to Zara and her husband Mike Tindall. As Princess Anne and Mark Phillips were returning to Buckingham Palace on 20 March 1974, from a charity event on Pall Mall, the driver of the Escort, Ian Ball, jumped out and began firing a pistol
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Rector of the University of Edinburgh
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The Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh is elected every three years by the students and staff at the University of Edinburgh. Seldom referred to as Lord Rector, the incumbent is more commonly known just as the Rector, the current Rector is Steve Morrison. The Rector chairs the Universitys highest governing body, the University Court, in more recent years the role has included a function akin to that of an ombudsperson for the university community. In their position, the Rector can exert influence in Court. He/she can be well-informed about student and staff issues and concerns, can champion their causes, the position of Rector, along with the positions of Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, was only created in 1858. Prior to this, the University was governed by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, to this day only the ancient universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and St Andrews plus the newer Dundee, elect a Rector, the 20th century universities do not. But I myself occupy too definite a political position, … appear on any public tribune not under the Bolshevik banner. Successful candidates are typically well-known figures with some connection to the city, Gordon Brown was unusual in being elected at the age of 21 while still a student, several years before he became politically prominent. The 2009 election was won by political journalist Iain Macwhirter, Macwhirter defeated Labour peer and MSP Lord Foulkes to become the Universitys 50th Rector, earning 4,822 votes, or 69% of the total vote. Respect politician George Galloway withdrew his candidacy on 6 February 2009, on 11 February 2015 the university announced Steve Morrison as the new Rector. Morrison beat the incumbent, Peter McColl, with 61. 9% of the vote, Morrison is a TV producer and former chairman of Granada Television. 1859 William Ewart Gladstone, M. P.1865 Thomas Carlyle 1868 Sir James Moncreiff, 1st Bt.1871 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Bt. M. P.1874 The 15th Earl of Derby 1877 The Marquess of Hartington, M. P.1880 The 5th Earl of Rosebery 1883 Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Bt. 1920 David Lloyd George, M. P.1923 Stanley Baldwin, M. P.1926 Sir John Gilmour, wills 1973 Gordon Brown 1976 Magnus Magnusson 1979 Fr. Anthony Ross 1982 David Steel, M. P.1985 Archie Macpherson 1988 Muriel Gray 1991 Donnie Munro 1994 Malcolm Macleod 1997 John Mark Colquhoun 2000 Robin Harper,2003 Sir Tam Dalyell, 11th Bt. 2009 Iain Macwhirter 2012 Peter McColl 2015 Steve Morrison Official website Interview with Gordon Brown as Rector List of rectors, the Rectors of the University of Edinburgh 1859–2000
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Peter Mathieson (nephrologist)
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Peter William Mathieson is an English nephrologist and current vice-chancellor and president of the University of Hong Kong. He announced his resignation at 6 PM,2 February 2017, Peter Mathieson went to school in Cornwall, then qualified in medicine with honours from London Hospital Medical College in 1983. After junior posts in and around the West End of London, he went to Cambridge as an MRC training fellow, Mathieson was elected fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1999. In 2007 he was elected as the youngest ever president of the Renal Association and he was also appointed as director of research & development for the North Bristol NHS Trust. Between 2003 and 2007 he chaired the Research Grants Committee of Kidney Research UK and he was a member of the Renal Association Clinical Trials committee from 1996 to 2007 and its chairman between 2000 and 2003. In 2008 Peter was appointed dean of the Faculty of Medicine, mathiesons major clinical interest is in autoimmune renal diseases, such as glomerulonephritis, systemic vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus. The work of the group has attracted major research grant funding of about £5 million from sources including Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, however, eminent surgeon Lo Chung-mau leaked confidential discussions of the search committee, and criticised Mathieson as ignorant, incompetent and heartless. Mathieson was the 11th non-Chinese vice-chancellor in the history of the university, on 2 February 2017, it was announced that he will become Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh in late-2017/early-2018
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Academic Senate
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An academic senate is a governing body in some universities and colleges, and is typically the supreme academic authority for the institution. Main page, Ancient university governance in Scotland In Scotland, the senatus academicus is the academic body of an ancient university. The senatus is responsible for authorising degree programmes, issuing degrees to graduands and honorary recipients, and for the discipline of students. In the United States of America the academic senate, also known as the faculty senate, is a body for a university made up of members of the faculty from various units within the university. In most cases administrative units such as human resources or other university support units do not have representatives as they are not scholastic units, individual faculty or academic departments such as the Department of Biology or units such as the library may select representatives for the academic senate. The academic senate normally creates university academic policy that applies to the university, while a majority of universities and colleges have some form of an academic senate, the general perception is that the organization has more of a ceremonial role. The academic senate meets periodically with a published agenda, meetings normally use Roberts Rules of Order. The senate will have a set of committees, both standing committees and ad hoc or working committees, which are assigned particular areas of responsibility for policy formation, the officers of the academic senate may include the president of the university and the provost of the university. Other officers are academic senate members who are elected to posts by the members of the senate. Deans of colleges as well as department chairs may be ex officio members of the academic senate, depending on the authorizing legislation or statutes and types of recommendations being made, boards of trustees, boards of regents or the equivalent may have to authorize senate recommendations. Academic administration Ancient university governance in Scotland General Council Senate House University court
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Academic dress of the University of Edinburgh
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Graduates wear the gown of the highest degree conferred upon them with or without the appropriate hood, depending upon the occasion. Male graduands are required to appear in black or dark coloured clothes, white collars, alternatively, either normal or full day Highland Dress may be worn with the appropriate hose. Female graduands are required to wear sleeved black or white dresses, or white blouses, colours, apart from the hood, should not be worn. Graduands for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy appear in a gown of silk or stuff with long sleeves with three inch red facings down the front. All other graduands must wear a gown of silk or stuff, with long sleeves, in the Cambridge M. A. shape. All graduands must wear the hood appropriate to the degree which they are about to receive, hoods are of black silk in the special simple shape. Black silk, lined with pale yellow silk, and edged with white fur B. D. Black silk, lined with purple silk. Black silk, lined with blue silk and bordered with white fur B. Eng. Black silk, lined with silk, bordered with red poplin three inches broad and edged with white fur B. Med. Sci. Black silk, lined with silk, bordered with green poplin three inches broad and edged with white fur B. Mus. Scarlet silk, with white lining, and edged with white fur B. Nursing Black gown, black hood with white lining bordered with blue. Black silk, lined with silk, and bordered with white fur B. Sc. Soc Sci Black silk, lined with deep turquoise silk, social Work Black silk lined with mauve silk bordered with white fur B. Sc. Vet Sci Black silk, lined with silk, and bordered with white fur B. Sc. Nursing Black silk, lined with deep turquoise silk, edged with white fur with 2-inch-wide ribbon bordered onto the turquoise B. Tech. Black silk lined with half Pantone Green and half Reflex Blue B. V. M&S Black silk, Black velvet, lined with golden silk D. D. Black cloth, with appended cape, lined and faced with purple silk D. D. S, Black cloth, lined with royal blue silk shot with maize colour D. Mus. Rich scarlet cloth, lined with rich white corded silk D. Psychol, Black silk lined with grey silk D. Sc
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Edinburgh Seven
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The Edinburgh Seven were the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university. The group is referred to as Septem contra Edinam. The first two women to write to her were Isabel Thorne and Edith Pechey, Edith Pechey’s letter read, Do you think anything more is requisite to ensure success than moderate abilities and a good share of perseverance. I believe I may lay claim to these, together with a love of the subjects of study. I am afraid I should not without a deal of previous study be able to pass the preliminary exam. This modest letter did not do justice to her intellectual ability – see Hope Scholarship below, a second application was submitted in the summer of 1869 on behalf of the group of five women initially. It requested matriculation and all that that implied – the right to all the classes. This application was approved by the University Court, the women set up home in 15 Buccleuch Place, now home to the University of Edinburgh’s Student Experience Office, and began preparing for the matriculation exam. The examination was in two parts, Sophia Jex-Blake acted as mathematics tutor to the other women. Of the 152 candidates who sat the exam on 19 October 1869, four of the women came in the top seven places. On 2 November 1869 the women signed the matriculation roll, in so doing, the University of Edinburgh became the first British university to open its doors to women. Jex-Blake wrote in one of her letters to her friend Lucy Sewell, It is a thing to enter the very first British University ever opened to women. One of the documents in the campaign is the Edinburgh University Calendar for 1870. It contained a new section, which appeared under the heading Regulations for the Education of Women in Medicine in the University and it stated that the women would receive all their tuition in classes separate from those for men and would pay higher fees due to their classes being smaller. In March 1870, the women sat the first examinations in physiology, not only did they all pass, but four of them had obtained honours in both subjects. Edith Pechey, who had written the letter to Sophia Jex-Blake, had won first place amongst the candidates sitting the exam for the first time. Which had been instituted 40 years previously by the Professor of Chemistry, Thomas Charles Hope, was awarded to the four students coming top in the exam and he was also concerned that awarding the scholarship to a woman would be seen as a provocation to the male students. He therefore decided to award the scholarships to students who got lower marks than the women
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Plinian Society
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The Plinian Society was a club at the University of Edinburgh for students interested in natural history. Several of its members went on to have prominent careers, most notably Charles Darwin who announced his first scientific discoveries at the society, the society was initiated and promoted by three brothers from Berwickshire. John Baird, the oldest brother, was the first president of the society and at the meeting on 14 January 1823 he made a statement of the proposed plan. He drew up a code of laws for the society. The original members included James Hardie and J. Grant Malcomson who later became geologists in India, the Regius Professor of Natural History, Robert Jameson, had previously established the Wernerian Natural History Society for graduates and professors. He was given the title of Senior Honorary Member by the students, from Darwins description, the Plinian consisted of students and met in an underground room in the university for the sake of reading papers on natural science and discussing them. Activities also included excursions to the countryside around Edinburgh, papers presented by the students were often of high quality, inspired by their lecturers. Commonly, papers took the form of a critique of the work of established experts, meetings included a great deal of procedure, with votes on motions and resolutions, and an annual reassessment of the elaborate rules. At that time each meeting was attended by around 25 members, including the five joint presidents, secretary, treasurer, museum curator, around 150 past and present members were on the books. Most were medical undergraduates, with three or four who had graduated being referred to as Dr in the minutes, Dr Robert Edmond Grant had graduated in 1814, and then studied anatomy with Georges Cuvier and embryology with Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in Paris. On returning in 1824 he was appointed lecturer in invertebrate animals at the anatomy school set up by John Barclay. He was secretary of the Plinian, then in 1826 gave up that post to join the Council of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Plinian members helped with his pioneering work on marine invertebrates from the Firth of Forth, with Coldstream assisting him in 1825–1826. William A. F. Browne - an atheistic phrenologist - was proposed for membership by John Coldstream despite Coldstreams religious inclinations, Coldstream later made a considerable contribution to the psychiatry of learning disability. Browne was a proponent of Lamarckian developmental theories of the mind and at the Edinburgh Phrenological Society, Browne also presented papers on various subjects, including plants he had collected, the habits of the cuckoo, the aurora borealis, and ghosts. In the second year of Charles Darwins education at Edinburgh he took an increased interest in natural history, on 5 December Darwin was elected to the societys council. He was disappointed when Grant announced these finds to the Wernerian on 24 March 1827, a furious debate ensued, and subsequently someone took the extraordinary step of deleting the minutes of this heretical part of the discussion. John Hutton Balfour joined the Plinian in 1827 and Hugh Falconer in 1828, the Baird brothers made occasional appearances after graduation, then in the 1829–1830 session they returned to Berwickshire, with two of them becoming ministers of local parishes. Browne, E. Janet, Charles Darwin, vol.1 Voyaging, London, Jonathan Cape, ISBN 1-84413-314-1 Darwin, Charles, Barlow, Nora, the Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809–1882
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University of Edinburgh Business School
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The University of Edinburgh Business School is the business school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The university has offered business education since 1918, and the MBA degree since 1980, the business school is closely tied to the University of Edinburgh, which received its royal charter in 1582. In 1916, the University was encouraged by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce to consider instituting a degree suitable for study by its members, and so, in 1918, the Bachelor of Commerce was launched. A year later, the Chair of Accounting and Business Method was founded, originally part of the Faculty of Arts, these initiatives led to the creation of the Department of Business Studies and the Department of Accounting and Business Method. The BCom degree survived until the start of the 21st century before giving way to the Master of Arts in Business Studies, the Master of Business Administration was first offered in 1980, followed by the Part-time MBA in 1984. Since then, over 3,500 students from a variety of backgrounds, nationalities. The first Master of Science was launched in 1996, in August 2010 the School relocated to a nearby building located at the heart of the University campus. This state-of-the-art building houses all school staff, features eight lecture theatres, multiple rooms, an executive education suite. It represents an investment of £17 million by the University, beyond the School and the University, Edinburgh itself has a wide array of venues, both historic and contemporary. At the UEBS, eight research centres and institutes were established, UEBS offers a wide range of business-oriented degrees at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Courses and lectures are held in cooperation with the Edinburgh-Stanford Link, at which leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists come to provide advice, since 2005, the E-Club promotes entrepreneurial activity and supports new venture creation. The students are advised and trained by the Edinburgh Careers Service team in career, personal development, UEBS is accredited by EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. This gives the Business School triple crown accreditation and thereby it joins a group of the top 1% of global Business Schools
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Edinburgh College of Art
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Edinburgh College of Art is a School in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, University of Edinburgh. ECA is mainly located in the Old Town of Edinburgh, overlooking the Grassmarket and it was ranked 1st in Art and Design in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2012. The college was founded in 1760, and gained its present name, formerly associated with Heriot-Watt University, its degrees have been issued by the University of Edinburgh since 2004. As a result, the new Edinburgh College of Art comprises not only Art, Design, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, in September 2011 Professor Chris Breward became Principal of Edinburgh College of Art and Vice Principal Creative Industries & Performing Arts of the University of Edinburgh. The aim of the academy was to train designers for the manufacturing industries, Drawing and the design of patterns for the textile industries were taught at the Academys rooms at Picardy Place. From 1826, classes were held at the Royal Institution building, the Master of the School was always a fine artist, the first being French painter William Delacour. Subsequent masters included Alexander Runciman and David Allan, the Academys focus gradually shifted from applied arts to encompass fine art, and the school gained a reputation for excellence in both painting and design. Scottish artists who were trained at the Academy include John Brown, Alexander Nasmyth and Andrew Wilson. In 1858, the Academy was affiliated to the Science and Art Department in London, known as the South Kensington system, a School of Applied Art was also established under this system. The Drawing School became part of a system of schools managed on similar lines, in 1903 it amalgamated with the School of Applied Art. In 1907, the Scottish Education Department took over responsibility for the school, from 1968 to 2004, it was associated with Heriot-Watt University for degree awarding purposes. Todays students graduate from the College with degrees awarded by the University of Edinburgh as prior to the merger in 2011, in 2005, the College joined with Edinburgh Napier University to launch the Screen Academy Scotland, a new centre of excellence in film learning and education. With the creation of Edinburgh College of Art in 1907, the moved to new premises on Lady Lawson Street. Formerly a cattle market, the site lies above the Grassmarket, the red sandstone main building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by John More Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne, and was completed in 1909. The main building was listed Category A in 1970, inside, the Sculpture Court displays casts of the Elgin Marbles and other antique statuary, alongside changing displays of contemporary students work. The Architecture Building was added to the east end of the college in 1961, designed by architect Ralph Cowan, in 1977 the campus was completed in its present form with the addition of the Hunter Building. This L-shaped red sandstone block encloses the courtyard, and fronts Lauriston Place to the south. In the 1990s the college took over a group of buildings in the Grassmarket, for use as a library and teaching space
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University of Edinburgh School of Economics
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The School of Economics at the University of Edinburgh is a division of the Universitys College of Humanities and Social Science in Edinburgh. While comprising a small school, the economics at the University has a long history. The first lessons in economics were delivered by Dugald Stewart in 1800, the subjects development progressed slowly until the subject became a major, then department and finally a separate school. In 2009, the school was renamed as the School of Economics, operating independently under the College of Humanities and Social Sciences umbrella
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New College, Edinburgh
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There are now nearly 40 full-time members of the academic staff, and they include internationally respected scholars in various specialities. New College was established as an institution to educate ministers and the Scottish leadership. New College opened its doors to 168 students in November 1843 and, under the guidance of its first principal Thomas Chalmers, during the 1930s the two institutions came together, sharing the New College site on The Mound. The current principal is the Reverend Professor David Fergusson, OBE, members of academic staff are all employees of the University of Edinburgh, and are today an international body of scholars of various persuasions in religious matters. New College is rated among the best schools of theology, philosophical theology, the college is regularly among the top five theology and religious studies departments in national newspaper league tables. The School of Divinity offers six different undergraduate degrees, the MA Theology allows students to focus on traditional areas of Christian studies. The Bachelor of Divinity prepares candidates for the ministry, the MA Religious Studies and English/Scottish Literature, the MA Philosophy and Theology, and the MA Divinity and Classics allow students to work cross-disciplinary. The School also offers several M. Th. degree programmes, there is no confessional test for staff or students. Only a portion of the students are ministerial candidates. New College is home to research centres, the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, the Centre for Theology and Public Issues. New College is located in the city centre on Mound Place, overlooking Princes Street Gardens, the National Gallery of Art, the neo-gothic building was designed by the respected 19th century architect William Henry Playfair. The New College library was founded in 1843 as the Library of the Free Church College, the library is situated in the eastern wing of New College, and its splendid reading hall was originally built as the sanctuary of the Free High Kirk. Rainy Hall is a gothic revival dining hall, adorned with heraldry and it is at the centre of college life, used by students and faculty for conversation and meals. New College, Edinburgh, A Centenary History, wright, David F. Badcock, Gary D. eds. The Disruption and the Dream, The Making of New College 1843–1861, Disruption to Diversity, Edinburgh Divinity 1846-1996
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Moray House School of Education
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The Moray House School of Education is a school within the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. It is based in buildings on the Holyrood Campus, located between the Canongate and Holyrood Road. The school offers programmes at all levels of education, including teacher training, Community Education, Digital Education, Physical Education. It is also a centre for educational research, the school has existed in one form or another since the mid-19th century, joining the University of Edinburgh in 1998. The institution currently known as Moray House was originally opened as a school following the Disruption of 1843. Known as The Free Church of Scotland’s Normal and Sessional School, it was located in Whitefield Chapel. In 1848, the moved to its current location in Moray House. In 1907, this merged with its Church of Scotland equivalent. The new teaching building opened at Moray House in 1913, Moray House College of Education was officially formed in 1959. In 1987, Moray House merged with the Dunfermline College of Physical Education based at Cramond, in 1991, the institute was linked with Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and was retitled Moray House Institute of Education. On 1 August 1998, Moray House Institute of Education merged with the University of Edinburgh becoming its Faculty of Education, following internal restructuring of the University of Edinburgh in 2002, Moray House is now known as the Moray House School of Education. During the nineteenth century, part of the open area to the west of St Johns Street. These made use of the high quality water from the springs, in 1961 Moray House purchased the property of the Aitchison Brewery. This included buildings at the ends of Playhouse and Old Playhouse Closes as well offices, in the 1970s, three specialist teaching buildings were built from designs by architects Gordon and Day. They were St Leonards Land, Chessels Land and St Marys Land, the design of these buildings was representative of 1960s modernist architecture and somewhat out of sympathy with the surrounding areas of the Old Town. The bulk of the buildings wereon land formerly occupied by the Edinburgh and Leith Brewery, Chessels Land was one of three buildings designed by architects Graham and Dey and constructed in the early 1970s, it opened in January 1974. It was unused for a number of years and demolished in 2013 to make way for student accommodation, Chessels Land was designed as a specialist centre for the training of teachers in the Visual Arts, including painting, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, photography and jewellery. Inside the building were sixteen large studios and a large Exhibition Hall, in the original plan for the site the raised patio in front of Chessels Land was planned to connect with a proposed Library and a Theatre fronting onto Holyrood Road
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University of Edinburgh Medical School
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Moira Whyte has been head of the school since 2016. It was established in 1726, during the Scottish Enlightenment, and is one of the oldest medical schools in the English-speaking world and it ranked 21st in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013–14 and 22nd in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2014. According to a Healthcare Survey run by Saga in 2006, the schools main teaching hospital. As of 2013 the school accepts 190 European Union medical students per year, admission is very competitive, with an acceptance rate of 11. 5% for the 2012–13 admissions year. The matriculation rate, the percentage of people who are accepted who choose to attend, is 71% for the 2012–13 admissions year, the school requires the 3rd highest entry grades in the UK according to the Guardian University Guide 2014. The medical school is associated with 3 Nobel Prize winners,2 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and 1 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although the University of Edinburghs Faculty of Medicine was not formally organised until 1726 and its formation was dependent on the incorporation of the Surgeons and Barber Surgeons, in 1505 and the foundation of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1681. Since the Renaissance the primary facet of medical teaching here was anatomy and, therefore, later his son and grandson would hold the position, establishing a reign of Professor Alexander Monros lasting 128 years. In subsequent years four further chairs completed the faculty allowing it to grant the qualification of Doctor of Medicine without the assistance of the Royal College of Physicians. Success in the teaching of medicine and surgery through the century was achieved thanks to the first teaching hospital, town physicians. By 1764 the number of students was so great that a new 200-seat Anatomy Theatre was built in the College Garden. Throughout the 18th century until the First World War the Edinburgh Medical School was widely considered the best medical school in the English speaking world. The first voluntary hospital to be established in Scotland was the Edinburgh Infirmary for the Sick Poor, the project was led by Alexander Monro, supported by influential Edinburgh politician George Drummond who was keen to establish Edinburgh as a centre for medical excellence. The Royal College of Physicians conducted an appeal, attracting £2000 for the hospital by 1728. The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary began operating from a small house—leased from the University of Edinburgh—which was located opposite the head of Robertsons Close, resident staff included a matron, one domestic servant, and volunteer physicians and surgeons who attended in fortnightly rotations. Only four beds were available from 6 August 1729 and medical students visits were limited to two tickets only per student, in addition to medical and surgical wards this new hospital included cells for lunatic patients and surgical operation theatre seats for 200 students. In 2003 a new 900-bed Royal Infirmary opened at Little France, in the south-east of the city, the Edinburgh Botanic Garden was created in 1670 for study of medicinal plants by Dr Robert Sibbald and Dr Andrew Balfour. It gave a base for the development of study of Pharmacology, originally at St Annes Yards adjacent to Holyrood Palace, the garden measured a meagre 40 square feet
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Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine
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The £54 million facility is part of a total £600 million joint investment in stem cell biology and medicine by the Scottish Government and the University of Edinburgh. Designed by Sheppard Robson, the SCRM is part of the BioQuarter cluster at Little France and it contains laboratory and support space, a company incubator unit, and a clinical translation unit which enables the production of cells at Good Manufacturing Practice grade. Conditions being researched at the SCRM include multiple sclerosis and heart, the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine was officially opened by the Princess Royal on 28 May 2012. On August 25,2014 the centre grew the first working organ, Edinburgh Science Triangle Scottish Enterprise Translational research
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Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
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David Argyle FRSE has been head of the school since 1 November 2011. In 2015, QS World University Rankings ranked the veterinary school 9th in the world for veterinary medicine and it is known for the cloning of Dolly the sheep which took place in 1996 at the Roslin Institute by Sir Ian Wilmut FRSE. The first regular classes at the school were begun in November 1823 and that first session of regular classes was financed by student fees and a grant from the Highland Society of Scotland at Edinburgh, of which John Barclay was a director. Mary Dick, Williams elder sister, was reputed to have been instrumental, from the early days, although an autonomous institution, the students also attended the lectures in medicine at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. William lived adjacent at 15 Clyde Street and this was the base for the school until it moved to its next site at Summerhall in 1916. In 1839, his school became a College and William Dick was given the title Professor. By the time of Dicks death in 1866, the over 2000 students he had taught were to be throughout the world. Among them were the founders of veterinary schools in Australia, Canada, Ireland, upon his death, Dick bequeathed his College in trust to the Burgh Council of Edinburgh. Williams had taken with him the majority of the students, the Royal Veterinary College was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1906. Orlando Charnock Bradley was Principal of the Dick Vet when it moved in 1916 to the side of Edinburgh, to another purpose-designed building. In 1951 the college was reconstituted as The Royal School of Veterinary Studies, a part of the University of Edinburgh. In 2009, Scottish Television filmed a documentary at the Royal School of Veterinary Studies. STV filmed a documentary in 2010. Since 2013, Summerhall is now an international art museum. In 2011, the Summerhall site was vacated and the staff, for the first time since 1962 all the veterinary facilities, together with The Roslin Institute, were consolidated on one campus. The facultys undergraduate degree in Veterinary Medicine is accredited by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in the UK, in September 2013, the National Avian Research Facility was opened on the Easter Bush campus. Recent projects have included investing in the Clinical Skills Lab at the Dick Vet School, providing students with animal alternatives on which to practice, including a new equine colic simulator. They have also developed a new online Masters programme in International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law which joins the on-campus Masters in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare
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University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry
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The School of Chemistry is an academic unit of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, The research rating of the 2008 RAE was one of the highest in the UK. The teaching of Chemistry at Edinburgh began in 1713 when James Crawford was appointed to the Chair of Physics and Chemistry. Each move has brought with it expansions in size and status until the department occupied the position it now, as one of the worlds leading Chemistry teaching. Today the department carries on the traditions of Chemistry at Edinburgh both in teaching and research, the collaborative research School formed with St Andrews Chemistry department to form EaStCHEM has strengthened research in Scotland in the chemical sciences. The school has a staff of approximately 120 individuals. Current annual enrollment includes around 200 research students, and 450 taught postgraduate and undergraduate students, EaStCHEM is the joint research school in chemistry between the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews. It has eight research groupings, Chemical Biology, Synthesis, Materials, Structural Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Biophysical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, from 31 submissions EastChem was the largest in UK Chemistry. EaStCHEM comes joint 4th in the Grade Point Average metric, Chemical Physics/Physical Chemistry is the fundamental study of molecular properties and processes. A major feature is In Silico Scotland, a world class research computing facility, the development of innovative synthetic and characterisation methodologies is a key feature. The Materials Chemistry group is one of the largest materials chemistry groups in the UK, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh EaStCHEM
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University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences
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The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, is a school within the College of Science and Engineering, which was formed in 2002 by the merger of four departments. It is split between the Kings Buildings and the Central Area of the university, the institutes of Ecological Sciences and Earth Science are located at the Kings Buildings, whilst the Institute of Geography is located on Drummond Street in the Central Area. In 2013 the department was ranked 8th best place to study Geography in the country by The Guardian University Rankings, the school is ranked as one of the best in the UK for Earth Sciences. A2008 Research Assessment Exercise assessment ranked the Earth Systems and Environmental Science department as the best in the UK by number of leading research. Its Geography department was ranked 15th in the according to the 2015 QS rankings. There are over 1100 undergraduate students and 250 postgraduate students in the School of GeoSciences, there are also around 100 research and teaching staff within the school. The school also has exchange programmes though the Erasmus programme, in addition to universities in Canada, the head of the School of GeoSciences is currently Professor Alexander W Tudhope. Famous recent alumni of the School include former BP chief executive Tony Hayward, former Rector of the university Peter McColl matriculated at one of the predecessors, the Department of Geography. Competition for entry is highly selective, in 2010, the School received 2221 applications, the school currently offers 11 undergraduate courses and a range of postgraduate degrees
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University of Edinburgh School of Informatics
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The School of Informatics is an academic unit of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, responsible for research, teaching, outreach and commercialisation in Informatics. Research in the School of Informatics draws on these component disciplines, the school was ranked 1st in the UK in the latest 2014 REF ranking. The School of Informatics was ranked 12th in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2014, the School of Informatics was awarded a 5*A in the UK HEFCEs 2001 RAE, the only computer science department in the country to achieve this highest possible rating. In the 2008 RAE, the Schools Quality Profile was 35/50/15/0/0 and these figures can be interpreted in a number of ways, but place the School first by volume and tied for second by percentage of research rated 3* or 4*. Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications Basic and applied research and development in knowledge representation, through its Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute it works with others to deploy the technologies associated with this research. Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science Developing and applying foundational understanding of computation and communication, formal models, mathematical theories, and software tools. The Edinburgh Cowgate fire of December 2002 destroyed a number of buildings, including 80 South Bridge, space was quickly made available in the Universitys Appleton Tower as a replacement. In June and July 2008, the Schools research moved into its new home and this building for interaction designed by Bennetts Associates, Reaich and Hall and Buro Happold, now houses some 500 researchers, including staff and graduate students. Construction began in October 2005, and the Forums completion in July 2008 finally brought the Schools researchers together, under one roof, some ten years after its inception
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Appleton Tower
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Appleton Tower is a tower block in Edinburgh, Scotland, owned by the University of Edinburgh. When the University developed the George Square area in the 1960s a huge swathe of Georgian Edinburgh was demolished, leading to accusations of cultural vandalism and megalomania. The Appleton Tower was intended as the first phase of the proposed interlinked Fundamental Science buildings, in the post-war period, vociferous support for the George Square scheme, and impassioned opposition to it, were so intense as to elevate it to a national debate. Thus, many were glad that some of Appletons vision was not completed, a block containing five lecture theatres clad in conglomerate concrete and pebble-imbedded slabs is attached to its southern side. An associated teaching block for east George Square, and a Mathematics and Physics building for the ‘car park site’ on north Crichton Street, were intended to interlock at this sector. The Tower was left isolated - and without a proper entrance, Appleton Tower was built to allow first-year science students to be taught in the Central Area. It has five theatres, together accommodating around 1,200 students. The upper floors originally housed teaching laboratories, which, with the development of modern facilities at Kings Buildings, had become outdated by the end of the 20th century. The five lecture theatres and teaching space on the ground and first floors were refurbished over the summer of 2006, the Towers external cladding of pre-cast concrete slabs with mosaic detailing has suffered badly from the Scottish weather. Contrary to rumour, however, the structure has been declared sound, the University plans to complete the renovation by recladding the exterior, with a planning application submitted in late 2013 and approved in January 2014. At the same time it plans to rework the podium, create a proper entrance, the geneticist Steve Jones has nominated the ugliness of the Appleton Tower as one of the wonders of the world for a BBC2 TV show. Early in 2005, a student newspaper launched a campaign to nominate it for the Channel 4 series Demolition – a series about the worst buildings in Britain, the Tower did not make the final twelve. Later, in the year, Historic Scotland considered giving the building listed status. The venue is designated as Venue 2 of the Fringe, Edinburgh University CompSoc – Appleton Tower Photo from the BBC blitzandblight. com / Appleton Tower
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Bedlam Theatre
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Bedlam Theatre is a fully operational,90 seat theatre housed in a former Neogothic church at the foot of George IV Bridge in central Edinburgh. It is owned by the University of Edinburgh, and notable for being the oldest student-run theatre in Britain, during the summer, Bedlam Fringe is run as a separate enterprise, Bedlam being a long-standing Edinburgh Fringe venue. Bedlam and the EUTC have hosted Edinburghs longest running improvised comedy troupe, The Improverts, Bedlam Theatre is the former New North Free Church was built in the 1840s and was designed by Thomas Hamilton, an architect involved in the creation of Edinburghs New Town. It is on the site of the old city poorhouse, and the name Bedlam is a reference to the site of the citys first mental health hospital. After the building was abandoned by the church in 1937, the building was given to University of Edinburgh, who used it for purposes including a furniture store. It went on to win a Fringe First award, garnering excellent reviews and this production showed that the building had potential as a theatre. The EUTC was founded in 1896 as the Edinburgh University Drama Society and it adopted its current name in the 1970s. The EUTC were given sole residency of the Bedlam Theatre building on 31 January 1980, the EUTC is one of several amateur dramatics societies affiliated to the Edinburgh University Students Association. Having previously occupied the venue on an ad-hoc basis, the EUTC is responsible for most aspects the theatres administration and produces the vast majority of its shows. Most members of the EUTC are students or former students of the University of Edinburgh, shows are proposed to the EUTC at a General Meeting, where they are selected by a general vote. All show proposals must have, at the very least, a director, producer, technician, once a show is selected, it will be fully supported by the EUTC, who also provide a block grant depending on the shows classification. The Company stages a show most weeks during term time, the standard schedule consists of Lunchtimes, Mainterms and Festivals. The most important Festivals take place in Freshers Week and early January and these can be supplemented with Extraordinaries, which are usually one of performances which do not fit easily into the any of the previous categories. The EUTC runs the Bedlam Youth Project aims to introduce children to the disciplines of theatre. In 2009, they visited Brussels to help run Featlets, a youth theatre subsidiary of the Festival of European Anglophone Theatre Societies. In 2016, children were involved in a week long Easter camp at Bedlam Theatre, bedlams longest running show is the acclaimed improvised comedy troupe The Improverts. They perform every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and every Friday night at 10,30 during termtime and they are Edinburghs longest-running improv troupe. Friends of Bedlam is the association for the EUTC and its predecessors
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