George Heriot's School
Motto	"Impendo" ("I Distribute Chearfullie[sic]")
Established	1628 (as George Heriot's Hospital)
Type	Primary, Secondary, Independent[1]
Chaplain	Mrs. Maclean
Founder	George Heriot
Location	Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9HE Scotland
LEA	Edinburgh City
Staff	129 (FTE, as of Sept. 2005)
Students	c. 1600
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	3 to 18
Houses	Castle, Greyfriars, Lauriston, Raeburn
Publication	The Herioter
Website	http://www.george-heriots.com
Coordinates: 55°56′45″N 3°11′40″W / 55.945918, -3.194317

George Heriot's School is an independent primary and secondary school on Lauriston Place in Edinburgh, Scotland, with around 1600 pupils. It was established in 1628 as George Heriot's Hospital, by bequest of the royal goldsmith George Heriot, and opened in 1659. Look up sic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1628 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... George Heriot (1563- 12 February 1624) was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a workers productivity and/or involvement in a project. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... The Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland, as used before 1603 The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. ... A goldsmith creating a new ring A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with precious metals, usually to make jewelry. ... George Heriot (1563- 12 February 1624) was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist. ...

Architecture

The original front of the school

The main building of the school is notable for its renaissance architecture, the work of William Wallace,^[2] and the first complete example of the genre in Scotland.^{[citation needed]} It is a turreted building surrounding a large quadrangle, built out of sandstone. The foundation stone is inscribed with the date 1628. The intricate decoration above each window is unique (with one paired exception - those on the ground floor either side of the now redundant central turret on the west side of the building). A statue of the founder can be found in a niche on the north side of the quadrangle. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1053 × 1053 pixel, file size: 713 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): George Heriots... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1053 × 1053 pixel, file size: 713 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): George Heriots... Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. ... William Wallace (d. ... Architectural style is a way of classifying architecture largely by morphological characteristics - in terms of form, techniques, materials, etc. ... Quadrangle of University of Sydney In architecture, a quadrangle, or more colloquially, quad, is a space or courtyard, usually square or rectangular in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...

The main building was also the first large building to be constructed outside the city walls. It sits next to Greyfriars Kirk, built in 1620, in open grounds in a fine position, overlooked by the Castle directly to the north. Parts of the sixteenth-century city wall (the Flodden Wall) are still to be found serving as the walls of the school grounds. The grounds contain a selection of other buildings of varying age; these include a swimming pool and a granite war memorial. Greyfriars Kirk, today Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, is a parish kirk (church) of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The castle dominates the Edinburgh skyline as seen here from Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Castle is an ancient fortress which, from its position atop Castle Rock, dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, and is Scotlands second most visited tourist attraction, after the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... The Flodden Wall was a defensive structure built around Edinburgh, Scotland, after the disastrous Battle of Flodden (1513), in which King James IV was killed. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... This memorial in England lists the names of soldiers who died in the First World War. ...

History

On his death in 1624, George Heriot left around 25,000 Pound Scots – equivalent to several tens of millions today – to found a "hospital" (then the name for this kind of charitable school) to care for "puir, fatherless bairns" (Scots: poor, fatherless children) of Edinburgh. Pound Scots was the national unit of currency in the Kingdom of Scotland before the country entered into a political and currency union with England in 1707. ... Scots refers to the Anglic varieties spoken in parts of Scotland. ...

The construction of Heriot's Hospital (as it was first called) was begun in 1628, just outside the city walls of Edinburgh. It was completed just in time to be occupied by Oliver Cromwell's English forces during the invasion of Scotland during the Third English Civil War; the building was used as a barracks, with horses stabled in the chapel. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England, Scotland and Ireland into a republican Commonwealth and for the brutal war exercised in his conquest of Ireland. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Third English Civil War (1649–1651) was the third of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars) which refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1652 and include the First English Civil War... A barracks housing conscripts of Norrbottens regemente in Boden, Sweden. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ...

The hospital finally opened in 1659, with thirty pupils in residence; its finances grew, and it took in other pupils in addition to the orphans for whom it was intended. In the 1880s, it began to charge fees; however, to this day it serves its charitable object, providing free education to a sizable number of fatherless children, referred to as "foundationers". It became co-educational with the arrival of the first girls in 1979 and now has around 1500 pupils. Orphans, by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (typically a child), who has lost both parents, often through death. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ...

In 1837 the school founded ten "free schools" in Edinburgh, educating several thousand pupils across the city; these were closed in 1885. One of them, with a copy of several of the features of the original Lauriston Place building, is at the east end of the Cowgate. The school also provided funds for the establishment of an institution which later merged with the Watt Institution (named for James Watt) in the 1870s to form Heriot-Watt College, a technical college that became Heriot-Watt University in 1966. The Cowgate, viewed from George IV Bridge The Cowgate is a street in Edinburgh located about 5 minutes walk from Edinburgh Castle. ... For other persons named James Watt, see James Watt (disambiguation). ... A technical college focuses on teaching work skills. ... The entrance to main reception at the Edinburgh campus. ...

Headmasters

School Headmasters have included :

• 1947 - 1970 Bill Dewar,
• 1970 - 1983 Allan McDonald (Born 1922, Died 2005),
• 1983 - 1998 Keith Pearson,
• 1998 - Present Alistair Hector

Houses

Pupils at the school belong to one of four houses: The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ...

• Lauriston (green, after the school's address, Lauriston Place; named after Lauriston Castle)
• Greyfriars (white, named after the adjacent kirk, Greyfriars Kirk)
• Raeburn (red, after a famous former pupil, Henry Raeburn)
• Castle (blue, after Edinburgh Castle to the north)

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Magazines

The school magazine is called the Herioter, and the Junior School-specific Magazine is called the Junior School Journal (shortened to JSJ). There is also an annual school newspaper called The Heriot Herald. In addition, there is a less formal internal online magazine written by the pupils themselves and aimed at their peers called The Blazer, which can be accessed through the school's intranet.

Notable alumni

• J. W. S. Cassels, mathematician
• Gavin Esler, television journalist and presenter of Newsnight
• John Borthwick Gilchrist, Indologist
• Mark Goodier, disc jockey
• Mike Heron, musician, formerly of the Incredible String Band
• Andy Irvine, rugby union player
• Roy Kinnear, actor
• Lord Mackay of Clashfern, former Lord Chancellor
• David McLetchie, former leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• Gordon Prentice, MP for Pendle
• Henry Raeburn, painter
• Ian Richardson, actor
• Alastair Sim, actor
• Ken Stott, actor
• Nigel Tranter, historical novelist
• Dougie Walker, sprinter
• Gordon Ross, rugby union player
• Bruce Douglas, international rugby player

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References

1. ^ http://www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk/schools/georgeheriotsschooledinburghcity.asp
2. ^ Colvin, Howard A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 John Murray, 1978