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==Subtopics - Places==
==Subtopics - Places==
{{r|Arthur's Seat}}
{{rpl|Arthur's Seat}}
{{r|Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse}}
{{rpl|Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse}}
{{r|John Knox House}}
{{rpl|John Knox House}}
{{r|Greyfriars Bobby}}
{{rpl|Greyfriars Bobby}}
{{r|Greyfriars Kirk}}
{{rpl|Greyfriars Kirk}}
{{r|Scottish Parliament}}
{{rpl|Scottish Parliament}}
{{r|The Forth Bridge}}
{{rpl|The Forth Bridge}}
{{r|Royal Mile}}
{{rpl|Royal Mile}}
{{r|Edinburgh University|University of Edinburgh}}
{{rpl|Edinburgh University|University of Edinburgh}}
{{r|Auld Reekie}}
{{rpl|Auld Reekie}}


==Subtopics - Societies==
==Subtopics - Societies==
{{r|The Edinburgh Phrenological Society}}
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Phrenological Society}}
{{r|The Royal Society of Edinburgh}}
{{rpl|The Royal Society of Edinburgh}}
{{r|The Edinburgh Mathematical Society}}
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Mathematical Society}}
{{r|The Old Edinburgh Club}}
{{rpl|The Old Edinburgh Club}}
{{r|The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society}}
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society}}
{{r|The Edinburgh Geological Society}}
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Geological Society}}
{{r|Edinburgh Free Thinkers' Zetetic Society}},
{{rpl|Edinburgh Free Thinkers' Zetetic Society}},


==Subtopics - People==
==Subtopics - People==
{{r|Thomas Aikenhead}}
{{rpl|Thomas Aikenhead}}
{{r|John Knox}}
{{rpl|James Graham}} [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/jamesgraham.aspx]
{{r|William Brodie}}
{{rpl|John Knox}}
{{r|William Burke}}
{{rpl|William Brodie}}
{{r|Mary, Queen of Scots}}
{{rpl|William Burke}}
{{r|Helen Duncan}}
{{rpl|Mary, Queen of Scots}}
{{r|Thomas Muir}}
{{rpl|Helen Duncan}}
{{r|Earl Haig}} (Sir Douglas Haig, 1861–1928). During World War I, Haig was commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders from December, 1915 until the Armistice.
{{rpl|Thomas Muir}}
{{r|James Connolly}} (1868-1916), socialist and leader of the [[Easter rising]] in [[Ireland]], executed in 1916. Connolly was born in the Cowgate - then a slum area of Edinburgh's Old Town, nicknamed "Little Ireland."
{{rpl|Earl Haig}}  
{{r|Marie Stopes}} (1880-1958), campaigner for women's rights and pioneer of birth control <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stopes_marie_carmichael.shtml Marie Stopes] bbc.co.uk</ref>
{{rpl|Thomas Ruddiman}}
{{r|Muriel Spark}} (1918-2006), novelist. The central character of her best-known novel ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', which is set in an Edinburgh girls' school, is a progressive feminist who admires Mussolini, Franco and Hitler.
{{rpl|Marie Stopes}}  


===Poets===
===Poets===
{{r|Thomas Blacklock}}
{{rpl|Thomas Blacklock}}
{{r|Robert Burns}}
{{rpl|Robert Burns}}
{{r|Robert Fergusson}}
{{rpl|Robert Fergusson}}
{{r|William McGonagall}}
{{rpl|William McGonagall}}
{{r|Allan Ramsay (1686&ndash;1758)}}
{{rpl|Allan Ramsay (1686&ndash;1758)}}
{{rpl|Duncan Ban MacIntyre}}


===Writers===
===Writers===
{{r|James Boswell}}
{{rpl|James Boswell}}
{{r|Robert Chambers}}
{{rpl|Robert Chambers}}
{{r|Arthur Conan-Doyle}}
{{rpl|Arthur Conan-Doyle}}[http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/video/lecture-series/detectives/conan-doyle]
{{r|Daniel Defoe}}
{{rpl|Daniel Defoe}}
{{r|John Home}}
{{rpl|John Home}}
{{r|Alexander McCall-Smith}}
{{rpl|Alexander McCall-Smith}}
{{r|Ian Rankin}}
{{rpl|Henry Mackenzie|Henry MacKenzie}}
{{r|JK Rowling}}
{{rpl|Ian Rankin}}
{{r|Sir Walter Scott}}
{{rpl|JK Rowling}}
{{r|Robert Louis Stevenson}}
{{rpl|Sir Walter Scott}}
{{r|James Tytler}}
{{rpl|Muriel Spark}}
{{rpl|Robert Louis Stevenson}}
{{rpl|James Tytler}}


===Artists===
===Artists and Musicians===
{{r|Allan Ramsay}}
{{rpl|Robert Adam}}
{{r|Robert Adam}}
{{rpl|John Burnet}}
{{r|Henry Raeburn}}
{{rpl|James Craig}}
{{rpl|Alexander Campbell Mackenzie}}
{{rpl|William Henry Playfair}}
{{rpl|Allan Ramsay}}
{{rpl|Henry Raeburn}}
{{rpl|David Wilkie}}


===Academics and Scientists===
===Academics and Scientists===
{{r|Joseph Black}}
{{rpl|Joseph Black}}
{{r|Hugh Blair}}
{{rpl|Hugh Blair}}
{{r|James Burnet, Lord Monboddo}}
{{rpl|James Burnet, Lord Monboddo}}
{{r|James Croll}}
{{rpl|James Croll}}
{{r|William Cullen}}
{{rpl|William Cullen}}
{{r|Charles Darwin}} Darwin began training as a physician in Edinburgh in 1825 at the age of 16; his father, Robert, and grandfather Erasmus had both been trained there, but Charles found the lectures "intolerably dull," and he left after two years.  
{{rpl|Charles Darwin}} Darwin began training as a physician in Edinburgh in 1825 at the age of 16; his father, Robert, and grandfather Erasmus had both been trained there, but Charles found the lectures "intolerably dull," and he left after two years.  
{{r|Erasmus Darwin}}  
{{rpl|Erasmus Darwin}}  
{{r|Peter Higgs}}
{{rpl|Peter Higgs}}
{{r|Henry Home, Lord Kames}}
{{rpl|Henry Home, Lord Kames}}
{{r|David Hume}}
{{rpl|David Hume}}
{{r|Adam Ferguson}}
{{rpl|Adam Ferguson}}
{{r|John Forbes}}
{{rpl|John Forbes}}
{{r|Archibald Geikie}}
{{rpl|Archibald Geikie}}
{{r|James Geikie}}
{{rpl|James Geikie}}
{{r|James Hutton}}
{{rpl|James Hutton}}
{{r|James Lind}}
{{rpl|James Lind}}
{{r|Alexander Monro primus}}
{{rpl|Joseph Lister}}
{{r|Alexander Monro secundus}}  
{{rpl|Colin MacLaurin}}
{{r|John Playfair}}
{{rpl|James Clerk Maxwell}}
{{r|William Robertson}}
{{rpl|Alexander Monro primus}}
{{r|Daniel Rutherford}}
{{rpl|Alexander Monro secundus}}  
{{r|Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer}}
{{rpl|John Playfair}}
{{r|Adam Smith}}
{{rpl|William Robertson}}
{{r|Dugald Stewart}}
{{rpl|Daniel Rutherford}}
{{rpl|Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer}}
{{rpl|James Young Simpson}}
{{rpl|Adam Smith}}
{{rpl|Dugald Stewart}}


===Politicians===  
===Politicians===  
{{r|Tony Blair}}
{{rpl|Tony Blair}}
{{r|Gordon Brown}}
{{rpl|Gordon Brown}}
[[Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet]] (1754-1835) Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word 'statistics', in his ''Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes'' ([http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/ The Statistical Accounts of Scotland])
{{rpl|James Connolly}} Connolly was born in the Cowgate - then a slum area of Edinburgh's Old Town, nicknamed "Little Ireland."
{{rpl|Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet}} (In [http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/ The Statistical Accounts of Scotland])


==Parent topics==
==Parent topics==
{{r|Scotland}}
{{rpl|Scotland}}
{{r|Great Britain}}
{{rpl|Great Britain}}
{{r|United Kingdom}}
{{rpl|United Kingdom}}
*[[Subdivisions of the United Kingdom]]
{{rpl|European Union}}
{{r|European Union}}


===Town and cities===
===Town and cities===
{{r|Glasgow}}
{{rpl|Glasgow}}
{{r|Inverness}}
{{rpl|Inverness}}
{{r|Dundee}}
{{rpl|Dundee}}
{{r|Aberdeen}}
{{rpl|Aberdeen}}


==Other related topics==
==Other related topics==
{{r|England}}
{{rpl|Scottish Enlightenment}}
{{r|Wales}}
{{rpl|Loke Viking}}
{{r|Northern Ireland}}
{{r|Scottish Enlightenment}}


===Language===
===Language===
{{r|Scots language}}
{{rpl|Scots language}}
{{r|Scottish Gaelic language}}
{{rpl|Scottish Gaelic language}}
{{r|Scottish English}}
{{rpl|Scottish English}}
{{r|English language}}
{{rpl|English language}}
==Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)==
{{r|Greyfriars Bobby}}
{{r|W. S. Gilbert}}
{{r|William McGonagall}}
{{r|Led Zeppelin}}
{{r|Scottish Enlightenment}}
{{r|Adam Smith}}

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Subtopics - Places

  • Developing Article Arthur's Seat: The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh. [e]
  • Stub Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse: An official residence of the monarch, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. [e]
  • Developing Article John Knox House: 15th century town house in Edinburgh, it displays exhibits about John Knox. [e]
  • Developing Article Greyfriars Bobby: Nineteenth-century Syke Terrier in Edinburgh, Scotland who became famous for keeping vigil by his master's grave every day (barring extreme weather) for fourteen years. [e]
  • Developing Article Greyfriars Kirk: Now 'Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk', is a parish kirk (church) of the Church of Scotland and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Edinburgh outside the Old Town, built between 1602 and c.1620. [e]
  • Developing Article Scottish Parliament: Legislative body of Scotland, having authority over many aspects of Scottish political life including Health and Education; re-created by the Act of Devolution 1997. [e]
  • The Forth Bridge: Cantilever railway bridge, built in 1883-1890, that connects Edinburgh to Fife [e]
  • Developing Article Royal Mile: The streets in Edinburgh's Old Town that run from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. [e]
  • Developing Article University of Edinburgh: Founded in 1582, one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. [e]
  • Developing Article Auld Reekie: Old nickname for Edinburgh, Scotland, meaning old smokey. [e]

Subtopics - Societies

Subtopics - People

  • Developing Article Thomas Aikenhead: The last person to be executed for blasphemy in the UK. [e]
  • James Graham: (1745-1794) sexual therapist, and seller of quack remedies. [e] [1]
  • Stub John Knox: Scottish clergyman (1514-1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation and founder of Scottish Presbyterianism. [e]
  • Developing Article William Brodie: (1741 - 1788) Respectable Edinburgh citizen who led a gang of burglars and died on a gallows that he himself had designed. [e]
  • Developing Article William Burke: (1792 - 1829) Prisoner hanged in Edinburgh's Lawnmarket in 1829 for his role in the West Port Murders. [e]
  • Mary, Queen of Scots: (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1857) Mary Stuart (or Stewart), Queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60); forced to flee to England after a rebellion among Scottish nobles, she was finally beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne. [e]
  • Developing Article Helen Duncan: (1897 – 1956), a Scottish medium who became the last person to be imprisoned in the United Kingdom under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. [e]
  • Developing Article Thomas Muir: (1765 – 1799) Scottish political reformer, and the most notable victim of political repression in the years after the French Revolution. [e]
  • Earl Haig: (Sir Douglas Haig, 1861–1928); during World War I, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders from December 1915 until the Armistice. [e]
  • Developing Article Thomas Ruddiman: (1674 - 1757) Scottish classical scholar and grammarian; author of Rudiments of the Latin Tongue. [e]
  • Marie Stopes: (1880-1958), campaigner for women's rights and pioneer of birth control. [e]

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