William Fettes
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Sir William Fettes, 1st Baronet was a wealthy Scottish businessman and philanthropist, who left a bequest which led to the foundation of Fettes College, in Edinburgh.
Fettes by William Cuming.
Fettes College, Edinburgh
Fettes' Mausoleum in the Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
David Bryce
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David Bryce FRSE FRIBA RSA was a Scottish architect.
William Fettes
…166,000, there was enough capital with which to acquire the land, to found the school, and to fund scholarships. The main school building was designed by David Bryce, nearly 20 years after Fettes’ death, and it opened in 1870, 34 years after his death. Fettes College thus opened with 53 pupils (40 were Foundation…
David Bryce by George MacCallum 1868 Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Fettes College main building
Surgical Hospital, Edinburgh 1853
David Bryce's grave