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  • Royal Mile/Definition
    The streets in Edinburgh's Old Town that run from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle.
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  • Edinburgh University/External Links
    * [http://www.ed.ac.uk/ University of Edinburgh] Homepage ...uk/ International Office]. Information about applying to the University of Edinburgh
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  • Edinburgh Castle
    {{Image|640px-Edinburgh Castle Autumn.jpg|right|640px|Edinburgh Castle from Ross Fountain}} ...gazine (online) https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Edinburgh-Castle/, last access 9/3/2020</ref>.
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  • James Craig/Definition
    (1739-1795) Architect remembered for his design for the layout of Edinburgh's New Town.
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  • William Burke/Definition
    (1792 - 1829) Prisoner hanged in Edinburgh's Lawnmarket in 1829 for his role in the [[West Port Murders]].
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  • The Old Edinburgh Club/Definition
    ...ciety, founded in 1908 with the aim of recording the vanishing evidence of Edinburgh's history, its buildings and its past inhabitants.
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  • Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} * Holyrood Abbey: Augustinian Abbey in Edinburgh; built in 1128, now a ruin.
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  • James Lind/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • Alexander Monro primus/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • Robert Fergusson/External Links
    ...e/record.php?usi=000-000-579-021-C Title-page from Robert Fergusson Poems, Edinburgh, 1773] from the [http://www.burnsscotland.com/?PHPSESSID=f2c7ec7qtbk49eiinu ...ychiatry'' [http://hpy.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/3/309 1:309-29]("Edinburgh's Poet Laureate, Robert Fergusson died in the City Bedlam at the age of 24.
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  • William Robertson/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • John Porteous/Bibliography
    ...f Sir R. Walpole (4 vols. London, 1816); Alexander Carlyle, Autobiography (Edinburgh, 1860), gives the account of an eye-witness of the execution of Wilson;
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  • William Cullen/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • John Playfair/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • University of Edinburgh
    #REDIRECT [[Edinburgh University]]
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  • Andrew Duncan/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • The Edinburgh Phrenological Society
    #REDIRECT [[Edinburgh Phrenological Society]]
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  • Leith/Definition
    Seaport of Edinburgh.
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  • John Forbes/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • The Edinburgh Phrenological Society/Definition
    #REDIRECT [[Edinburgh Phrenological Society/Definition]]
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  • Royal Mile/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r| Edinburgh Castle}}
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  • William Henry Playfair
    ...re]], London, he was an orphan at the age of six, and in 1794 he came to [[Edinburgh]] to live with his uncle [[John Playfair]], the mathematician, geologist a |publisher=[[The Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
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  • Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
    #redirect [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
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  • Prince Philip
    #REDIRECT [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
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  • Philip Mountbatten
    #REDIRECT [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
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  • Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark
    #REDIRECT [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
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  • Prince Philippos
    #REDIRECT [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]
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  • Joseph Black/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Edinburgh University}}
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  • The George Hotel (Edinburgh)/Definition
    Edinburgh hotel designed by Robert Adam.
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  • Declaration of Arbroath/External Links
    ....uk/home/scotland/arbroath_latin.html Latin Original Text at University of Edinburgh] ...scotland/arbroath_english.html Text Translated to English at University of Edinburgh]
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  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh/Related
    #REDIRECT [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh/Related Articles]]
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  • Joseph Black/External Links
    ...www.chem.ed.ac.uk/public/professors/black.html Joseph Black] University of Edinburgh ....html Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry delivered in the University of Edinburgh by the Late Joseph Black, M.D.]
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  • Duke of Edinburgh
    ...Wales|Prince Charles]], who succeeded his father [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Philip]] in April 2021. The title merged into the crown when Charles became
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  • Edinburgh Castle/Definition
    <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A medieval castle perched over the city of Edinburgh, Scotland
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  • Edinburgh University/Bibliography
    *[http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/stevenson/robert_louis/s848lm/part5.html Edinburgh Students in 1824] from ''College Papers'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
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  • Alexander Monro primus/Definition
    (1697 – 1767) Anatomist; the founder of Edinburgh Medical School.
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  • Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse/Definition
    An official residence of the monarch, located in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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  • The Forth Bridge/Definition
    Cantilever railway bridge, built in 1883-1890, that connects Edinburgh to Fife
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  • John Knox House/Definition
    15th century town house in Edinburgh, it displays exhibits about John Knox.
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  • The George Hotel (Edinburgh)
    {{Image|George Hotel, Edinburgh.jpg|350px|right|The hotel at night}} ...of Edinburgh, Scotland, close by Princess Gardens and down the hill from [[Edinburgh Castle]]. Broadband Internet access is available in many rooms.
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  • Alexander Monro tertius/Definition
    ...9) Followed his father and grandfather in becoming professor of anatomy at Edinburgh University.
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  • Greyfriars Kirkyard/Definition
    The graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, and burial place of many famous Scots.
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  • University of Cambridge/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh University}} {{r|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}
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  • Edinburgh/Bibliography
    * ''The Edinburgh Visitor Guide'' by Colin Baxter (Photographer) Illustrated reference for a ...transformation to its system of education, especially the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment, embodied by such thin
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  • Scottish Enlightenment/Bibliography
    ...Dr Alexander Carlyle of Inveresk'', edited by John Hill Burton (London and Edinburgh 1910) p.312. quoted in – ...Scottish Enlightenment: 1730 - 1790 A Hotbed of Genius'' The University of Edinburgh, 1986. In paperback, The Saltire Society, 1996 ISBN 0-85411-069-0
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  • Auld Reekie/Definition
    Old nickname for Edinburgh, Scotland, meaning ''old smokey''.
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  • Mary Pickford/Definition
    ...2)Pioneer in endocrinology, and the first woman to hold a medical chair at Edinburgh University.
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  • Charles III/Related Articles
    {{rpl|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}} {{rpl|Edward, Duke of Edinburgh}}
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  • Blackwood's Magazine/Definition
    ...dical started in 1817 by William Blackwood as a Tory rival to the Whiggish Edinburgh Review.
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  • Arthur's Seat/Definition
    The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh.
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  • Duke of Edinburgh/Related Articles
    Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Duke of Edinburgh]]. Needs checking by a human. {{r|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}
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  • Duke of Edinburgh/Definition
    Dukedom associated with Edinburgh, Scotland, whose title is currently held by Prince Philip, the husband of a
    182 bytes (25 words) - 19:53, 14 September 2009
  • Royal Mile/External Links
    ...tp://www.visitscotland.com/guide/scotland-factfile/arts-culture/literature/edinburgh-stories/canongate Canongate] VisitScotland.com * [http://www.edinburgh-royalmile.com/onroyalmile.html Edinburgh RoyalMile.com]
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  • The Scotsman/Definition
    ...eared as a liberal weekly in 1817; published daily since 1855 and based in Edinburgh.
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  • Erasmus Darwin/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh University}} {{r|Edinburgh}}
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  • Anne, Princess Royal/Definition
    ...1950; sister of Charles III; daughter of Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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  • River Forth/Definition
    ...central Scotland, flowing into the Firth of Forth and then the North Sea; Edinburgh is located along its course.
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  • William Brodie/Definition
    (1741 - 1788) Respectable Edinburgh citizen who led a gang of burglars and died on a gallows that he himself ha
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  • Poker Club/Definition
    One of several clubs in Edinburgh that were the focus of intellectual exchange during the Scottish Enlightenm
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  • Robert Fergusson/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}}
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  • Declaration of Arbroath/Bibliography
    ...tory, Significance, Setting.'' Edited by Geoffrey Barrow. ISBN 090390327X. Edinburgh: [[Society of Antiquaries of Scotland]]. 2003.
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  • Commonwealth Games/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} (1986) {{r|Edinburgh}} (1970)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}}
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  • Fleeming Jenkin/Definition
    (1833 – 1885) Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, known as the inventor of telpherage.
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  • Charles III/Definition
    ...dom since September 2022; eldest child of Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; formerly Prince of Wales.
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  • Edward, Earl of Wessex/Definition
    ...son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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  • Edinburgh/Related Articles
    {{rpl|Edinburgh University|University of Edinburgh}} {{rpl|The Edinburgh Phrenological Society}}
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  • William Burke/External Links
    ...my.mvm.ed.ac.uk/museum/index.php Anatomical Museum] at the [[University of Edinburgh]] - host's Burke's skeleton
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  • Alexander Monro secundus/External Links
    ...istory/archnote2.htm History Notes - The Anatomy Museum] The University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
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  • Alexander Monro secundus/Definition
    (1733 - 1817) Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, known as the discoverer of the lymphatic system.
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  • John Porteous
    ...e army, he was employed in 1715 to drill the city guard for the defence of Edinburgh in anticipation of a [[Jacobite]] rising, and was promoted later to the com ...prieved on 2nd September. The reprieve was hotly resented by the people of Edinburgh, and on the night of 7th September 1736 an armed body of men in disguise br
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  • John Playfair/Bibliography
    ...y of Schehallion," 1811) and in the ''Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh'' ("On the Causes which affect the Accuracy of Barometrical Measurements,"
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  • Greyfriars Bobby/Definition
    Nineteenth-century [[Syke Terrier]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland who became famous for keeping vigil by his master's grave ever
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  • Victorian Literature/Catalogs
    :''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine'' (monthly) :''Edinburgh Review'' (quarterly)
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  • Archibald Pitcairne/Definition
    ...s in ''Dissertationes medicae'' (1701) and founding the medical faculty at Edinburgh.
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  • Monarchy of the United Kingdom/Related Articles
    {{rpl|Edward, Duke of Edinburgh}} {{rpl|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}
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  • Leith/External Links
    ...onservation Trust] ("a silver thread in a ribbon of green' flowing through Edinburgh")
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  • Population/Related Articles
    {{r|Edinburgh}} {{r|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}
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  • Andrew Duncan/Bibliography
    ...inally edited by Robert Chambers, published by Blackie and Son of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London in 1856.
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  • Muriel Spark/Definition
    ...2006); her best-known novel ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' is set in an Edinburgh girls' school - the central character is a progressive feminist who admires
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  • William Creech/Definition
    (1745 – 1815) Publisher of the first Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' poems; member of the jury in Deacon Brodie's trial
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  • Musical instrument/External Links
    * [http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ Edinburgh University Collection of Historical Musical Instruments]
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  • Hugh Blair/Definition
    (1718 – 1800) Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the [[University of Edinburgh]], and [[Presbyterian]] preacher whose sermons and writings made a major co
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  • Edinburgh Phrenological Society/Definition
    ...20, became the leading phrenological society of the U.K. and established [[Edinburgh]] as a major centre of [[phrenology]] in the 19th century.
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  • United Fruit Company/Bibliography
    | location = Edinburgh ;;New York ;[Berkeley Calif.?]
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  • David Hume/Bibliography
    ...al, third edition, corrected, with additions, 1 volume (London, A. Millar, Edinburgh, A. Kincaid, 1748). ...d in a Book Lately Publish's Intitled, A Treatise of Human Nature, etc.'' (Edinburgh, 1745).
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  • Arthur's Seat/External Links
    ...uate/field/holyrood/history.html Formation of Arthur's Seat] University of Edinburgh Undergraduate Geology Notes
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  • Blackwood's Magazine
    ...1817 by [[William Blackwood]] as a [[Tory]] rival to the [[Whig]]gish ''[[Edinburgh Review]]''. It is now chiefly remembered for the [[Noctes Ambrosianae]].
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  • Elizabeth II/Related Articles
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  • John Hughes Bennett
    ...ibed [[leukaemia]]<ref>John Hughes Bennett (1812-1875) Clinical Teacher of Edinburgh. ''JAMA'' 1969;208:857-8</ref> ...nt of the ''Royal Medical Society'' and of the ''Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh'' and Vice-President of the ''Anatomical and Physiological Society''. The s
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  • John Dunlop/Definition
    ...name. He studied to be a veterinary surgeon at the Dick Vet, University of Edinburgh, and pursued this profession for nearly ten years.
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  • The Origin of Species/Bibliography
    ..._texts/owen_review_of_origin.html Review of Darwin's Origin of Species], ''Edinburgh Review'', 3, April 1860, pp. 487-532.] ...'s theory of the origin of species]. ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh'' 4: 1860 274-291.
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  • Greyfriars Kirk/Definition
    ...ch) of the Church of Scotland and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Edinburgh outside the Old Town, built between 1602 and c.1620.
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  • Anatomy/External Links
    ...my.mvm.ed.ac.uk/museum/index.php Anatomical Museum] of The [[University of Edinburgh]]
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  • San Diego, California/Catalogs/Twinned cities
    * Edinburgh, Scotland
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  • Arthur's Seat
    ...at, Edinburgh.JPG/credit}}<br/>|}}Arthur's Seat, the hill in the centre of Edinburgh that overlooks the new [[Scottish Parliament]] (bottom left) and "Dynamic E ...s period. The hill rises to 251&nbsp;m&nbsp;(823&nbsp;feet), and overlooks Edinburgh's Old Town to the West. The most famous of its rock faces is off the [[Radi
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  • Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
    :Edinburgh ...tory, Significance, Setting.'' Edited by Geoffrey Barrow. ISBN 090390327X. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 2003.
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  • Thomas Ruddiman/Related Articles
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  • Auld Reekie/Bibliography
    * ''Auld Reekie: An Edinburgh Anthology collected by Ralph Lownie; Timewell ISBN 9781857252040 ("...histo
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  • Review (journal)
    ...iest publications with the term <i>Review</i> in its title was the first [[Edinburgh Review]], (1755-1756) published by the [[Select Society]], at the time of t ...ion in 1969 and in 1984 adopted the more historically significant title <i>Edinburgh Review</i> along with the motto "To gather all the rays of culture into one
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