University of Edinburgh

Latin: Universitas Academica Edinburgensis
Established	1583
Type
Rector	Mark Ballard MSP
Chancellor	The Duke of Edinburgh
Vice-Chancellor	Prof Timothy O'Shea
Faculty	c. 3,900
Students	c. 24,000 [1]
Postgraduates	5,700
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
Affiliations	Russell Group, Coimbra Group, LERU, Universitas 21
Website	www.ed.ac.uk

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History

Main article: History of Edinburgh University

The founding of the University is attributed to Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, who left the funds on his death in 1558 that ultimately provided the endowment for the University of Edinburgh. The University was established by a Royal Charter granted by James VI in 1582. This was an unusual move at the time, as most universities were established through Papal bulls. What makes the University of Edinburgh even more unusual is the fact that its funding came the following year from the Town Council, making it in many ways the first civic university, known as the "Tounis College". It became the fourth Scottish university in a period when the much more populous and richer England had only two. By the 18th century Edinburgh was a leading centre of the European Enlightenment and became one of the continent's principal universities. The history of Edinburgh University begins in 1558 with an endowment by Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, who left the funds on his death. ... Robert Reid (d. ... St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... James VI and I King of England, Scotland and Ireland James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ...

Before the building of Old College to plans by Robert Adam implemented after the Napoleonic Wars by the architect William Henry Playfair, the University of Edinburgh did not enjoy a custom built campus and existed in a hotchpotch of buildings from its establishment until the early 19th Century. The university's first custom built building was the magnificent Old College, now the School of Law, situated on South Bridge. 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. It went under what was then North College Street (now Chambers Street), and under the University buildings until it reached the University's anatomy lecture theatre, delivering bodies for dissection. It was from this tunnel that the body of William Burke was taken after he had been hanged. The east facade of the University of Edinburgh facing onto South Bridge / Nicholson Street, as built in 1827. ... Robert Adam Kedleston Hall. ... Combatants Allies: • United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Russia France Casualties Full list Full list The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... William Henry Playfair (1790-1857) was one of the greatest Scottish architects of the 19th Century. ... The University of Edinburgh School of Law, founded 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, dedicated to research and teaching in law. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... A typical modern surgical operation For other uses, see Surgery (disambiguation). ... William Burke (1792 - January 28, 1829), was an Irish criminal. ...

The University's Robert Adam designed Old College building, home of its Law School

The Old College as built in 1827. The dome similar to Adam's original design was added in 1887.

Towards the end of the 19th century, Old College was becoming too cramped and so Robert Rowand Anderson was commissioned to design a new Medical School premise in 1875. The medical school was more or less built to his design and was completed by the addition of the awe inspiring McEwan Hall in the 1880s. Download high resolution version (533x800, 191 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (533x800, 191 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Robert Adam Kedleston Hall. ... The east facade of the University of Edinburgh facing onto South Bridge / Nicholson Street, as built in 1827. ... The University of Edinburgh School of Law, founded 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, dedicated to research and teaching in law. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1202x860, 172 KB) Summary The east facade of the w:Old College, University of Edinburgh facing onto South Bridge / Nicholson Street, as built in 1827 to a plan by w:Robert Adam by w:William Henry Playfair, architect. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1202x860, 172 KB) Summary The east facade of the w:Old College, University of Edinburgh facing onto South Bridge / Nicholson Street, as built in 1827 to a plan by w:Robert Adam by w:William Henry Playfair, architect. ... The Central Hotel at Glasgow Central Station Robert Rowand Anderson (1834 – 1921) was an important Scottish Victorian architect. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...

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. New College, Edinburgh was founded in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and currently the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh and a Divinity college of the Church of Scotland. ... A free church is a Christian church or denomination that is intrinsically separated from any government (as opposed to a theocracy or the state church). ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... Divinity has a number of related uses in the field of religious belief and study. ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...

In addition, the University is responsible for a number of historic and modern buildings across the City, including the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland, and the second oldest in use in the British Isles, St Cecilia's Concert Hall; Teviot Row House, which is the oldest purpose built Student Union Building in the world; and the handsomely restored 17th-century Mylne's Court student residence which stands at the head of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. A students union, student government, or student council is a student organization present at many colleges and universities, often with its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal Mile The Royal Mile is the popular name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh. ...

Edinburgh's Library pre-dates its University by three years. Founded in 1580, its collection has grown to become the largest university library in Scotland with over 2 million periodicals, manuscripts, theses, microforms and printed works. These are housed in the main University Library building in George Square - one of the largest academic library buildings in Europe, designed by Basil Spence - and an extensive series of Faculty and Departmental Libraries. The two oldest Schools - Law and Divinity - are both well-esteemed in their respective subjects, with Law being based in Old College, and Divinity being based in New College, on the Mound, just in front of the temporary home of the Scottish Parliament. Students at the university are represented by the Edinburgh University Students' Association, EUSA, comprising Edinburgh University Union (EUU) which was founded in 1889 and the Student Representative Council (SRC), founded in 1884 by Robert Fitzroy Bell. A thesis (literally: position from the Greek θέσις) is an intellectual proposition. ... Microfilm machines may be available at libraries or record archives. ... Sir Basil Spence (13 August 1907_19 November 1976 was a notable Scottish architect, most famously associated with the Cathedral in Coventry, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist style. ... For the national legislative body adjourned in 1707, see Parliament of Scotland. ... Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) provides services, representation and welfare support to matriculated students of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

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In 2002 the University was re-organised from its 9 academic faculties into three 'Colleges'. While technically not a collegiate university, it now comprised of the Colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Science & Engineering (SCE) and Medicine & Vet Medicine (MVM). Within these Colleges are 'Schools' - roughly equivalent to the departments they succeeded. (However, it is notable that individual Schools have a good degree of autonomy regarding their finances and internal organisation) This has brought a certain degree of uniformity (in terms of administration at least) across the University. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... In the United Kingdom, a collegiate university is a university whose functions are divided between the central departments of the university and a number of colleges. ...

Along similar lines, all teaching is now done over two semesters (rather than 3 terms) - bringing the timetables of different Schools into line with one another, and coming in to line with many other large universities. (notably in the US, but to an increasing degree in the UK as well) Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York, New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal republic...

Present

The University of Edinburgh is a member of the Russell Group of large, research-led British universities. It is also the only Scottish university (and the only British university apart from Oxford, Cambridge) to be a member of both the Coimbra Group and the LERU: two associations of leading European universities. The university is a member of Universitas 21, an international association of research-driven universities. The Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings 2005 placed Edinburgh at 30th overall in the world, and 16th in biomedicine, 27th in the arts, and 38th science. In another ranking compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Edinburgh was placed ninth in Europe and 47th worldwide. The latest university ranking of around 120 British institutions (published by the Times newspaper in 2005) ranks Edinburgh the fifth best university in Britain. In 2005, it has been named Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year. The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is a network of European universities which gathers 39 of the older universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Salamanca, Bristol, Leuven/Louvain, Montpellier, Uppsala, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Jagiellonian, Dublin, Bologna, Siena, Leiden, Coimbra, Barcelona and Granada. ... According to its mission statement, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) is a group of European research-intensive universities committed to the values of high quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research. ... Universitas 21 is an international network of research-intensive universities, established as an international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance. ... Shanghai Jiao Tong University, (Simplified Chinese: 上海交通大学; Traditional Chinese: 上海交通大學; Hanyu Pinyin: ; abbreviated Jiao Da (交大) or SJTU), is one of the oldest and most influential universities in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The University's School of Management is also making strides in recent years, having been ranked 25th, 27th and 30th in the world in the last three international rankings of MBA programs by the Economist. The management school also offers the hugely successful MSc. in Finance and Investment which began in the 2004 academic year.

Edinburgh has the third largest financial endowment among UK universities at £160m, according to the Sutton Trust (2002). It is also the third largest endowment per student. A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

Location

Edinburgh is one of the greenest and most architecturally beautiful cities in Europe often referred to as the "Athens of the North". The University plays an integral role in the city, contributing to its vibrant atmosphere. However, as well as the architectural gems cited above, it has contributed several of the most ugly buildings in the city. These include the Appleton Tower and the University Library (at George Square) and the Darwin building (at the south Edinburgh King's Buildings site).

With the expansion in topics of study the university has expanded its campuses such that it now has seven main sites:

• The Chancellor's Building was opened on 12th August 2002 by The Duke of Edinburgh and houses the new £40 million Medical School at the New Royal Infirmary in Little France. It was a joint project between private finance, the local authorities and the University to create a large modern hospital, veterinary clinic and research institute and thus the University is currently (2003) in the process of moving its Veterinary and Medical Faculties there (and quite possibly also the School of Nursing). It has two large lecture theatres and a medical library. It is connected to the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by a series of corridors.
• George Square and surrounding streets in the southern central area of the city is the oldest region, occupied primarily by the schools of art, social science, medicine and law, as well as the main university library. It is also used for teaching first year undergraduates in science and engineering. Nearby are the main EUSA buildings of Potterrow, Teviot Row House (the oldest custom-built students union in the country) and the Pleasance Societies Centre. Old residents of George Square include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at Summerhall, at the East end of The Meadows. This houses Veterinary Medicine.
• The King's Buildings, further south, houses most of the Science and Engineering schools including a Biology School that is a world leader in genetics. The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) and British Geological Survey (BGS) also have a presence on campus.
• New College, on the Mound, which houses the School of Divinity parts of which are also used by the Church of Scotland.
• Moray House School of Education just off the Royal Mile, used to be the Moray House Institute for Education until this merged with the University in August 1998. The University has since extended Moray House's Holyrood site to include a redeveloped and extended major building housing Sports Science, Physical Education and Leisure Management facilities adjacent to its own Sports Institute in the Pleasance.
• Pollock Halls, adjoining Holyrood Park to the east, provides accommodation (mainly half board) for the majority of students in their first year. Two of the older houses in Pollock Halls were demolished in 2002 and a new building has been built in their place, leaving a total of ten buildings. Most other students in the city live in private flats in the Marchmont, Newington, Bruntsfield, New Town and Leith areas, although some university-owned flats are also available there.

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Alumni

The University has many famous alumni, including:

Politics

• Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Robin Cook, Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
• Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, statesman
• Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
• Jennie Lee, Minister for the Arts and founder of the Open University
• James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor
• David McLetchie, former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
• Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Malcolm Rifkind, Foreign Secretary
• John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister
• David Steel, former leader of the Liberal Party and first Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• Jim Wallace, former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Deputy First Minister
• Charles Tupper, Prime Minister of Canada
• Ike Skelton, U.S. congressman from Missouri
• Mike Synar, U.S. congressman from Oklahoma
• John Witherspoon, signatory, American Declaration of Independence
• Benjamin Rush, signatory, American Declaration of Independence
• Julius Nyerere, first President of Tanzania
• Yun Po Sun, President of South Korea
• Hastings Banda, President of Malawi

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Sciences

• Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu, former president of Malaysian Chinese Association
• Sir Michael Atiyah, mathematician
• Charles Glover Barkla, Nobel laureate in Physics
• Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone
• Joseph Bell, medicine
• Joseph Black, physicist and chemist
• Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of medical education for women in Britain
• Robert Brown, botanist
• Anneila Sargent, astronomer
• Max Born, Nobel laureate in Physics
• David Brewster, scientist
• J. W. S. Cassels, mathematician
• Ian Clarke, computer scientist
• Charles Darwin, naturalist, author of "The Origin of Species"
• James Dewar, chemist and physicist
• Peter Doherty, Nobel laureate in Medicine
• Klaus Fuchs, physicist
• Archibald Geikie, geologist
• James Hector, geologist
• Peter Higgs, physicist, Emeritus Professor of Physics and father of the Higgs boson.
• Robin Hochstrasser, chemist.
• Archie Howie, physicist.
• James Africanus Beale Horton, doctor
• Charles Hutton, mathematician
• James Hutton, the father of modern geology.
• Robert Jameson, naturalist and mineralist
• George Kelly, psychologist
• Sir John Leslie, mathematician and physicist
• Joseph Lister, introduced antiseptics into surgery
• Colin Maclaurin, mathematician
• David MacRitchie, archaeologist
• James Clerk Maxwell, physicist and father of electromagnetics
• Roger Mercer, archaeologist
• Robin Milner, computer scientist
• Augustus De Morgan, mathematician and logician
• Alexander Munro III, anatomists
• Richard Owen, biologist and palaeontologist
• John Playfair, mathematician
• William John Macquorn Rankine, a great contributor for thermodynamics
• Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, physiologist and neuroscientist
• Robert Sibbald, Professor of Medicine
• James Young Simpson, pioneered the use of chloroform in midwifery
• Peter Guthrie Tait, physicist
• Igor Tamm, Nobel laureate in Physics
• Stephen Tweedie, computer scientist
• John Walker, naturalist
• Edmund Whittaker, mathematician
• William Withering, physician

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In his lifetime Charles Darwin gained international fame as an influential scientist examining controversial topics. ... The title page of the 1859 edition of On the Origin of Species. ... James Dewar (1842–1923) Sir James Dewar (September 20, 1842 – March 27, 1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist. ... Peter Doherty on a stamp released by Australia Post Dr. Peter C. Doherty (born October 15, 1940) is an Australian researcher in the field of medicine. ... Klaus Fuchs ID badge photo from Los Alamos. ... Sir Archibald Geikie (December 28, 1835 _ November 10, 1924), Scottish geologist, was born at Edinburgh. ... Sir James Hector (March 16, 1834 - August 16, 1907) was a Scottish geologist, naturalist, and doctor who accompanied the Palliser Expedition. ... Peter Ware Higgs (born May 29, 1929), FRSE, FRS, until recently held a personal chair in theoretical physics at the University of Edinburgh and is now an emeritus professor. ... The Higgs boson is a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics. ... The British physicist Archibald (“Archie”) Howie is known for his pioneering work on the interptation of transmission electron microscope images of crystals. ... Africanus Horton (1835-1883), also known as James Beale, was a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone. ... Charles Hutton (August 14, 1737 - January 27, 1823) was an English mathematician. ... James Hutton, painted by Abner Lowe. ... Robert Jameson Professor Robert Jameson (1774-1854) was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist, born in Leith, near Edinburgh, in July 1774. ... George Kelly (April 28, 1905-March 6, 1966) was an American psychologist, therapist and educator. ... Sir John Leslie (April 10, 1766 - November 3, 1832) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best remembered for his research into heat Born in Largo, Fife, Leslie gave the first modern account of capillary action in 1802 and froze water using an air-pump in 1810, the first artificial production... Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (April 5, 1827-February 10, 1912) was a famous British surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Infirmary. ... Colin Maclaurin Colin Maclaurin (February, 1698 - June 14, 1746) was a Scottish mathematician. ... David MacRitchie (April 16, 1861 - January 14, 1925) was the younger son of William Dawson MacRitchie and Elizabeth Elder MacRitchie. ... James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, born in Edinburgh. ... Roger Mercer is a British archaeologist whose work has concentrated on the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the British Isles. ... Robin Milner is a prominent British computer scientist. ... Augustus De Morgan (June 27, 1806 - March 18, 1871) was an Indian-born British mathematician and logician. ... Alexander Munro III followed his father and grandfather in becoming professor of anatomy at Edinburgh University in the early 19th century, at a time when the University still had the reputation of being the best medical school in the United Kingdom but had declined significantly from its heyday in the... Sir Richard Owen and Dinornis bird skeleton Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 - December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. ... Professor John Playfair FRSE (March 10, 1748 – July 20, 1819) was a Scottish scientist. ... William John Macquorn Rankine (July 2, 1820 - December 24, 1872) was a Scottish engineer and physicist. ... Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935) coined the word insulin after theorising that a single substance from the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus. ... Sir Robert Sibbald (April 15, 1641–August 1722), Scottish physician and antiquary, was born in Edinburgh. ... Sir James Young Simpson, (June 7, 1811 born in Bathgate, West Lothian, died May 6, 1870), professor of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh and physician to Queen Victoria, was a pioneer in Victorian medicine. ... Peter Tait Peter Guthrie Tait (April 28, 1831 - July 4, 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist. ... Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (Russian И́горь Евге́ньевич Та́мм, also transcribed sometimes as Igor Evgenevich Tamm) (July 8, 1895 – April 12, 1971) was a Soviet/Russian physicist. ... Dr Stephen C. Tweedie is a software developer who is known for his work on the Linux kernel, in particular the ext3 filesystem. ... John Walker, MD, DD Revd Dr John Walker (1730-1803) was Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh from 1779 to 1803. ... Edmund Taylor Whittaker (24 October 1873 - 24 March 1956) was an English mathematician, who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions. ... William Withering (March 17, 1741 - October 6, 1799) was a British botanist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis. ...

Arts

• Robert Adam, architect
• J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan author
• Elizabeth Blackadder, artist
• Thomas Brown, philosopher
• Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes author
• Adam Ferguson, philosopher and historian
• Robert Garioch, poet and translator
• Oliver Goldsmith, writer and physician
• David Hume, philosopher and historian
• Margaret Iversen, art historian
• Ku Hung-ming, writer and polyglot
• Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain), Gaelic poet
• James MacMillan, classical composer
• James Mill, historian and utilitarianist philosopher
• Keith Moxey, art historian
• Peter Roget, author of the first Thesaurus
• Sir Walter Scott, author and poet
• Alexander McCall Smith, author and professor of medical law
• Robert Louis Stevenson, author
• Dugald Stewart, philosopher
• Kerry Stewart, artist

Robert Adam Kedleston Hall. ... Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bt. ... Elizabeth Violet Blackadder (1931-) is a Scottish painter and printmaker. ... Thomas Brown (January 9, 1778 - April 2, 1820) was a Scottish metaphysician. ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... Adam Ferguson, sometimes known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 (O.S.) – February 22, 1816) was a philosopher, proto-sociologist and historian in the Scottish Enlightenment. ... Robert Garioch Sutherland, (May 9, 1909 – April 26, 1981), was a Scottish poet and translator. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and She Stoops... David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776)[1] was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian who was one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... Gu Hongming (1857-1928) in his old age. ... Polyglot has several meanings: Look up Polyglot on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The property of speaking multiple languages A polyglot is a person that can speak many languages A polyglot is a book that contains the same text in more than one language, usually a bible such as the first... Somhairle MacGill-Eain better known in English as Sorley MacLean (October 26, 1911 - November 24, 1996) was one of the most significant Scots Gaelic poets of the 20th century. ... There are a few people with the name James M(a)cMillan: James MacMillan, a Canadian fur trader James MacMillan, a musician James McMillan, a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... James Mill James Mill (April 6, 1773 - June 23, 1836), historian and philosopher, was born at Northwater Bridge, in the parish of Logie-Pert, Forfarshire, the son of James Mill, a shoemaker. ... Peter Mark Roget (January 18, 1779–September 12, 1869) studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and became a distinguished physician and lexicographer. ... Portrait of Sir Walter Scott, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (14 August 1771–21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. ... Alexander (R.A.) Sandy McCall Smith (1948 -) is a writer and emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer. ... Dugald Stewart. ...

Miscellaneous

• Stella Rimington, former head of MI5
• Piers Sellers , astronaut
• John Aikin, physician and writer
• Mitch Benn, comedian, songwriter and broadcaster
• John Brown, physician and author
• George Chalmers, antiquarian and political writer
• Henry Thomas Cockburn, judge
• Benjamin Constant, writer and politician
• Daisy Donovan, actor and broadcaster
• Chris Hoy, track cyclist
• Katherine Grainger, Olympic rowing medallist
• Reginald Johnston, diplomat and pedagogue of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China
• Allan Little, BBC Foreign Correspondent
• A.S. Neill, educationalist
• Gregory Neilson, Publisher and notable Roman Catholic
• George Newlands, theologian
• Mark O'Neil, philanthropist
• Lord Playfair, scientist and parliamentarian
• Ian Rankin, author
• Stuart MacLennan, prominent businessman and Labour Donor
• Samuel Smiles, author and reformer
• Simon Taylor, International and Professional Rugby player
• Kirsty Wark, broadcaster

Hume and Maxwell both applied for teaching posts at the university, which refused to employ either. Dame Stella Rimington (born May 1935) was the Director-General (DG) of MI5 from 1992 to 1996. ... Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London MI5, officially called the Security Service, is a British counter-intelligence and security agency. ... Piers Sellers Piers John Sellers (born 11 April 1955) is a British-born American astronaut and veteran of a single space shuttle mission. ... John Aikin (January 15, 1747 - 1822) was an English doctor and writer. ... Mitch Benn is a British musician and stand-up comedian famous for his satirical songs, many of which have been featured on BBC Radio 4 where he is a regular contributor to The Now Show, and BBC Radio 2s Its Been A Bad Week. ... John Brown (September 22, 1810 - May 11, 1882) was a Scottish physician and essayist. ... George Chalmers (1742 - May 31, 1825), was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer. ... Henry Thomas Cockburn (October 26, 1779 - April 26, 1854), Scottish judge, with the style of Lord Cockburn, was born in Edinburgh. ... Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebeque (October 25, 1767 – December 8, 1830) was a Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician. ... Daisy Donovan Daisy Donovan is a British presenter and actress. ... Chris Hoy (born 23 March 1976 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish track cyclist and Olympic Games gold and silver medal winner. ... Katherine Grainger (born 11 December 1975) is a British rower. ... Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and pedagogue and the teacher of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, and later appointed as commissioner of British-held Weihaiwei. ... Aisin-Gioro Puyi (February 7, 1906 - October 17, 1967) was the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇帝) of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling emperor between 1908 and 1912, and non-ruling emperor between 1912 and 1924), the tenth (and last) emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China. ... Alexander Sutherland Neill (October 17, 1883 _ September 23, 1973) was an educationalist recognised as one of the leading pioneers in education. ... Reverend Professor George Newlands MA BD MA(Cantab) PhD DLitt FRSA George McLeod Newlands is Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow // Background George Newlands is widely considered Scotlands foremost liberal theologian; his importance in United Kingdom academic theology is highlighted by his appointment as Chair of the... Lord Playfair Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, GCB, FRS (May 1, 1818) - (May 29, 1898) was a Scottish scientist and Parliamentarian. ... Ian Rankin (born April 28, 1960 in Fife, Scotland) is one of the best-selling crime writers of the United Kingdom, and one of the worlds foremost writers in the genre. ... Samuel Smiles (December 23, 1812 – April 16, 1904), was a Scottish author and reformer. ... Simon Marcus Taylor , professional rugby union player, (Heriots FP and Edinburgh Rugby) Back-row forward, usually a number eight. ... Kirsty Anne Wark (born 3 February 1955, in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter best known for fronting the BBCs current affairs programme Newsnight. ...

See also

• Lord Rector of Edinburgh University
• Russell Group of Universities
• University of Edinburgh School of Informatics
• Gifford Lectures
• Students' Representative Council

The Lord Rector of Edinburgh University is elected every three years by the students at the University of Edinburgh. ... The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. ... The University of Edinburghs School of Informatics was created in 1998 when the Departments of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Cognitive Science were combined. ... The Gifford Lectures are lectures established by the will of Adam Lord Gifford (d. ... Students Representative Councils (SRC) were established by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1896 and are present at the five ancient universities of St Andrews, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as Dundee University. ...

Footnotes

1. ↑ Student Figures, The University of Edinburgh Factsheet, University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 February 2006.

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