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White Horse Close, or "Whitehorse Close", is an enclosed courtyard off the Canongate at the foot of the Royal Mile at the eastern end of the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland.
White Horse Close
White Horse Close at night
White Horse Close from the steps of the former White Horse Inn
Princes Street
William Dick was a Scottish veterinarian and founder of the Dick Vet School in Edinburgh, the first veterinary college in Scotland. He is responsible for major advances in the field of veterinary scie
White Horse Close
…occupation of nearby Holyrood Palace during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. A wall plaque inside the close records it as the birthplace in 1793 of William Dick, son of a farrier and founder of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. The close is widely regarded as the most picturesque group of buildings…
Professor William Dick, veterinary surgeon
Summerhall, Edinburgh, built as William Dick’s Vet College
William Dick's grave, New Calton Burial Ground