Edinburgh Academy
Motto	AIEN ARISTEUEIN (Always excel)
Established	1824
Type	Boys' independent school ages 2-18 Girls in nursery p 1-6 and sixth form.
Rector	J V Light
Founder	Henry Cockburn, Leonard Horner and John Russell
Students	51 (Nursery) 273 (Junior School) 454 (Senior School)[1]
Location	Edinburgh, , Scotland
Website	www.edinburghacademy.org.uk
The Senior School

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It was opened in 1824. The original building, in Henderson Row on the northern fringe of the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, is now part of the Senior School. The Junior School is located in Arboretum Road to the north of the city's famous Royal Botanic Garden. The Edinburgh New Town is a neo-classical masterpiece. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... The Palm House in the Royal Botanic Gardens The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is both a scientific institution and a tourist attraction. ...

The Edinburgh Academy is essentially a day school, though it has for the time being a small international boarding community housed in purpose built accommodation adjacent to the playing fields. In 2007 it was announced that 2007-8 would be the last year for boarding. The co-educational nursery caters for children from 2 to 5. The Junior School, fully co-educational from Autumn 2007, admits children from age 6 to 10 whilst the Senior School takes boys from age 10 to 18. For forty years girls have been admitted to the final two years of the Senior School, that is from the age of 16 plus. The Senior School will become fully co-educational in August 2008. It has been stressed however that The Academy will remain a small school and small class sizes will remain a priority. boarding (ice hockey) boarding (ship) Categories: Disambiguation ...

Foundation

In 1822, the school's founders, Henry Cockburn and Leonard Horner agreed that Edinburgh required a new school to promote classical learning. Edinburgh's Royal High School provided a classical education, but the founders felt that greater provision was needed for the teaching of Greek, to compete with some of England's public schools. Cockburn and Horner recruited John Russell as a co-founder and the three of them, together with other interested parties, put a proposal to the City Council for the building of a new school. The City Fathers gave their approval in 1823 and fifteen Directors were elected, comprising the three founders and twelve other luminaries, including Sir Walter Scott, Sir John Hay and Robert Dundas. Henry Thomas Cockburn (October 26, 1779 - April 26, 1854), Scottish judge, with the style of Lord Cockburn, was born in Edinburgh. ... Leonard Horner (January 17, 1785 - March 5, 1864), Scottish geologist, brother of Francis Horner, was born in Edinburgh. ... For other uses, see Classics (disambiguation). ... The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh can trace its roots back to 1128, and is one of the oldest schools in Scotland. ... The term public school has two contrary meanings: In England, one of a small number of prestigious historic schools open to the public which normally charge fees and are financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as private charitable trusts; here the word public is used much as in... Raeburns portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822. ... Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet (3 August 1788–1 November 1838) was a British baronet and politician. ... 2nd Viscount Melville Sir Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (March 14, 1771–June 10, 1851) was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. ...

The Buildings

The main building of the Senior School, with its Greek Doric frontage, was designed by architect William Burn. The stone used was principally from the nearby Craigleith Quarry. The Foundation Stone was laid in June 1823 and the school opened for the first session in October 1824. Interestingly when looking from Edinburgh Castle the Academy is perfectly obscured from view by the St Stephens Center. It was rumoured that W.H.Playfair who built the St Stephens Church did this out of spite after he had offered to design the Academy's Main Hall but was turned down in favour of Burns. In 1892, new classrooms were built along the western wall of the site, and in 1900, the School Library was opened, followed by the new Science Block in 1909, both along the eastern wall. At the back of the school the Dining Hall, and the Rifle Range beneath it, was opened in 1912 and after the Great War, the Gymnasium was built. This was dedicated as a War Memorial to Edinburgh Academicals (former pupils) who had fallen during the hostilities of 1914 to 1918.^[2] A later plaque commemorates ex-pupils who fell in the Second World War. The Doric order was one of the orginal pokersthree orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. ... William Burn (1789-1870) was a Scottish architect. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

In 1945, a new building, Denham Green House, was acquired in the Trinity area of Edinburgh. This was used for the junior department (now known as Early Years) of the Preparatory School (now known as The Edinburgh Academy Junior School). In 1960, a new building for the upper three years of the Preparatory School was completed in Inverleith (Arboretum campus). Denham Green's nursery and early years facilities were relocated to purpose built accommodation on the Preparatory school's Arboretum campus in 1987. In 1992, the Rector's residence, Academy House and in 1997, a new Games Hall were constructed on the same campus.

At Henderson Row, the property next to the school, No 32, was acquired for administrative use in 1972 and in 1977, the Academy acquired the junior school of Donaldson's College, to the west. This allowed departments to expand and a purpose built Music School was opened on this part of the campus in 1991. In 2005 the 1909 science block was demolished and a new science block, the James Clerk Maxwell Centre, named in honour of the illustrious 19th century scientist and former pupil, was opened on 3rd November 2006 by Lord Falconer of Thoroton.^[3] The imposing buildings of Donaldsons College Donaldsons College, in Edinburgh, Scotland on West Coates, is a school dedicated to the teaching to the deaf and students suffering from other language impairments. ... James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. His most significant achievement was aggregating a set of equations in electricity, magnetism and inductance — eponymously named Maxwells equations — including an important modification (extension) of the Ampères... Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC (born November 19, 1951), is a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. ...

Traditions

This marble bust of Homer is in the Louvre.

In keeping with the classical traditions of the school, the school crest has always featured the head of Homer, though at the start of the twenty-first century, this was removed from the official logo much to the anger of some members of the school community. From the foundation of the school, the headmaster has been known as the Rector, a term common to several other Scottish secondary schools. The boys in the youngest year of the Senior School are referred to as Geits, from the Old Scots word for a child, while at the upper end of the school, the prefects are known as Ephors, after the officials of ancient Sparta. Image File history File links D_oh. ... Image File history File links D_oh. ... This article is about the museum. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Scots refers to the Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland. ... A prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: make in front, i. ... An ephor was an official of ancient Sparta. ...

In 1905, the school was divided into four houses or Divisions, Cockburn, named after the founder Henry Cockburn, Carmichael, named after a former teacher, James Carmichael, Kinross, named after a former pupil John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, and Houses, representing the boys who lived in the boarding houses. Henry Thomas Cockburn (October 26, 1779 - April 26, 1854), Scottish judge, with the style of Lord Cockburn, was born in Edinburgh. ... The Right Honourable John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, PC, QC (July 11, 1837 - January 22, 1905) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. ...

At one time, schoolboys used to play Hailes, a similar game to shinty, also believed to have been played in the Royal High School. Today the tradition is represented only by an annual match at the end of the school session, when the Ephors play against the other leavers from the seventh year, a match usually played in fancy dress. Alumni of the Edinburgh Academy are known as Academicals, or Accies, a name shared with the Rugby team. // Hailes is a Scottish ball game dating back to the eighteenth century and gaining in popularity during the nineteenth. ... // A shinty game in progress Shinty (Scottish Gaelic camanachd or iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. ... The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh can trace its roots back to 1128, and is one of the oldest schools in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ...

Notable Alumni

• Craigie Aitchison R.A. painter (EA 1933-7 & 1941-2)
• Frederick M Bailey, celebrated plant collector, discoverer of Mecanopsis baileyi.
• Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854-1937), an outstanding all-round amateur sportsman
• R. M. Ballantyne, children's author, (EA 1835-37).
• Dr Joseph Bell, now recognised as the model for Sherlock Holmes.
• Mike Blair, Scottish Rugby International.
• Guy Berryman, bass player in Coldplay
• John D Burgess, Piper, Double Gold Medallist
• Francis Cadell, explorer of the Murray River in Australia.
• Francis 'Bunty' Cadell, colourist painter.
• Michael Brown (architect) pioneer of landscape architecture in UK
• Nicky Campbell, radio DJ and television presenter, (EA 1966-78).
• Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, victor of Taranto and Matapan during the Second World War.
• William Cunningham, economist
• Tam Dalyell, former Father of the House of Commons.
• Lord Francis Douglas, with Whymper on the ascent of the Matterhorn, died on the descent.
• Charles Falconer, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Lord Chancellor.
• Alexander Penrose Forbes, who became Bishop of Brechin, (EA 1825-32).
• Charles Fulton, politician embroiled in the Profumo scandal (EA 1934-9).
• Iain Glen, actor (EA 1965-78).
• John Scott Haldane, physiologist (EA 1870-76).
• Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 'Father of the Territorial Army' (EA 1866-72).
• Sir James Hector, explorer and member of the Palliser Expedition, (EA 1844-45).
• Fleeming Jenkin, professor of engineering, (EA 1875-81).
• Paul Jones, singer, actor and presenter, (EA 1958-60).
• James Eckford Lauder, artist of outstanding note who painted James Watt, (EA 1824-8).
• Robert Scott Lauder jnr., M.D.,(Edinburgh), Physician at Morningside Lunatic Asylum, etc., (EA 1852-8)
• Magnus Magnusson, television presenter, and translator of Icelandic origins, (EA 1935-48).
• James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, (EA 1841-47).
• William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian, (EA 1826-29).
• William Smith, London Police Commissioner at the time of the Whitechapel murders.
• Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor General of Australia.
• Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth.
• Robert Louis Stevenson, writer, (EA 1861-63).
• Allen Stewart, designer of the Forth Bridge.
• J. I. M. Stewart, university professor and mystery writer (as Michael Innes)
• Archibald Campbell Tait, who became Archbishop of Canterbury, (EA 1824-27).
• Frederick Guthrie Tait, son of Peter Guthrie Tait, soldier and gifted amateur golfer, (EA 1881-83).
• Peter Guthrie Tait, physicist, (EA 1841-47).
• Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary, (EA 1954-63).
• George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, (EA 1864-67).

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Victoria Cross Holders

Nine Edinburgh Academy Alumni have won the Victoria Cross.^[4] For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ...

• Victoria Cross
  • Indian Mutiny
    • Colonel Thomas Cadell VC CB
    • Lieutenant-General Sir James Hills-Johnes VC GCB
    • Colonel John Adam Tytler VC CB
  • Bhutan War
    • Captain James Dundas VC
  • Second Afghan War
    • Major John Cook (VC) VC
  • Second Boer War
    • Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, VC , CB (he also attended United Services College in 1875). He was a Major when he earned his VC.
  • First World War
    • Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorrain Brodie VC, MC
    • Major Allan Ebenezer Ker VC
  • Second World War
    • Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Miers VC, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar

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Rectors of the Edinburgh Academy

There have been 17 rectors of The Edinburgh Academy since it was founded in 1824.^[2]

• 1824-28: John Williams
• 1828-29: Thomas Sheepshanks
• 1829-47: John Williams
• 1847-54: John Hannah
• 1854-69: James Hodson
• 1869-88: Thomas Harvey
• 1888-1901: Robert Mackenzie
• 1901-10: Reginald Carter
• 1910-26: Robert Ferard
• 1926-31: Hugh Lyon
• 1931-45: Lionel Smith
• 1945-51: George Seaman
• 1951-62: Robert Watt
• 1962-77: Herbert Mills
• 1977-92: Laurence Ellis
• 1992-95: John Rees
• 1995-present: John Light

Sources

• Magnus Magnusson (1974), The Clacken and the Slate, Collins, London. ISBN 0-00-411170-2
• Edinburgh Academical Club (1995), List of Past and Present Pupils 1824-1995, Edinburgh Academical Club
• Stirling, Bill (1999), 175 Accies, Edinburgh Academical Club

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References

External links

• The School website
• Edinburgh Academical Club website
• Edinburgh Academical (Rugby) Football Club Official Site
• Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club Official Site