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==Subtopics - Places== | ==Subtopics - Places== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Arthur's Seat}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|John Knox House}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Greyfriars Bobby}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Greyfriars Kirk}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Scottish Parliament}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|The Forth Bridge}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Royal Mile}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Edinburgh University|University of Edinburgh}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Auld Reekie}} | ||
==Subtopics - Societies== | |||
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Phrenological Society}} | |||
{{rpl|The Royal Society of Edinburgh}} | |||
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Mathematical Society}} | |||
{{rpl|The Old Edinburgh Club}} | |||
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society}} | |||
{{rpl|The Edinburgh Geological Society}} | |||
{{rpl|Edinburgh Free Thinkers' Zetetic Society}}, | |||
==Subtopics - People== | ==Subtopics - People== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Thomas Aikenhead}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|James Graham}} [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/jamesgraham.aspx] | ||
{{ | {{rpl|John Knox}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|William Brodie}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|William Burke}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Mary, Queen of Scots}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Helen Duncan}} | ||
{{rpl|Thomas Muir}} | |||
{{rpl|Earl Haig}} | |||
{{rpl|Thomas Ruddiman}} | |||
{{rpl|Marie Stopes}} | |||
===Poets=== | |||
{{ | {{rpl|Thomas Blacklock}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Robert Burns}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Robert Fergusson}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|William McGonagall}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Allan Ramsay (1686–1758)}} | ||
{{rpl|Duncan Ban MacIntyre}} | |||
===Writers=== | |||
{{ | {{rpl|James Boswell}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Robert Chambers}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Arthur Conan-Doyle}}[http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/video/lecture-series/detectives/conan-doyle] | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Daniel Defoe}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|John Home}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Alexander McCall-Smith}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Henry Mackenzie|Henry MacKenzie}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Ian Rankin}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|JK Rowling}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Sir Walter Scott}} | ||
{{rpl|Muriel Spark}} | |||
{{rpl|Robert Louis Stevenson}} | |||
{{rpl|James Tytler}} | |||
===Artists and Musicians=== | |||
{{ | {{rpl|Robert Adam}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|John Burnet}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|James Craig}} | ||
{{rpl|Alexander Campbell Mackenzie}} | |||
{{rpl|William Henry Playfair}} | |||
{{rpl|Allan Ramsay}} | |||
{{rpl|Henry Raeburn}} | |||
{{rpl|David Wilkie}} | |||
===Academics and Scientists=== | |||
{{ | {{rpl|Joseph Black}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Hugh Blair}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|James Burnet, Lord Monboddo}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|James Croll}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|William Cullen}} | ||
{{ | {{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. | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Erasmus Darwin}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Peter Higgs}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Henry Home, Lord Kames}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|David Hume}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Adam Ferguson}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|John Forbes}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Archibald Geikie}} | ||
{{rpl|James Geikie}} | |||
{{rpl|James Hutton}} | |||
{{rpl|James Lind}} | |||
{{rpl|Joseph Lister}} | |||
{{rpl|Colin MacLaurin}} | |||
{{rpl|James Clerk Maxwell}} | |||
{{rpl|Alexander Monro primus}} | |||
{{rpl|Alexander Monro secundus}} | |||
{{rpl|John Playfair}} | |||
{{rpl|William Robertson}} | |||
{{rpl|Daniel Rutherford}} | |||
{{rpl|Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer}} | |||
{{rpl|James Young Simpson}} | |||
{{rpl|Adam Smith}} | |||
{{rpl|Dugald Stewart}} | |||
===Politicians=== | |||
{{ | {{rpl|Tony Blair}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Gordon Brown}} | ||
{{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== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Scotland}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Great Britain}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|United Kingdom}} | ||
{{rpl|European Union}} | |||
{{ | |||
===Town and cities=== | ===Town and cities=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Glasgow}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Inverness}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Dundee}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Aberdeen}} | ||
==Other related topics== | ==Other related topics== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Scottish Enlightenment}} | ||
{{rpl|Loke Viking}} | |||
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===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Scots language}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Scottish Gaelic language}} | ||
{{ | {{rpl|Scottish English}} | ||
{{ | {{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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- See also changes related to Edinburgh, or pages that link to Edinburgh or to this page or whose text contains "Edinburgh".
Subtopics - Places
Arthur's Seat: The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh. [e]
Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse: An official residence of the monarch, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. [e]
John Knox House: 15th century town house in Edinburgh, it displays exhibits about John Knox. [e]
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]
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]
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]
Royal Mile: The streets in Edinburgh's Old Town that run from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. [e]
University of Edinburgh: Founded in 1582, one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. [e]
Auld Reekie: Old nickname for Edinburgh, Scotland, meaning old smokey. [e]
Subtopics - Societies
- The Edinburgh Phrenological Society: Established in 1820, became the leading phrenological society of the U.K. and established Edinburgh as a major centre of phrenology in the 19th century. [e]
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh: Scotland's National Academy of Science & Letters; created in 1783 by Royal Charter for “the advancement of learning and useful knowledge.” [e]
- The Edinburgh Mathematical Society: Founded in 1883 for "the mutual improvement of its members in the Mathematical Sciences, pure and applied." [e]
- The Old Edinburgh Club: Local history society, founded in 1908 with the aim of recording the vanishing evidence of Edinburgh's history, its buildings and its past inhabitants. [e]
- The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society: The oldest continuing Society of its kind, founded in 1890. [e]
- The Edinburgh Geological Society: Founded in 1834 with the aim of stimulating public interest in geology and the advancement of geological knowledge. [e]
Edinburgh Free Thinkers' Zetetic Society: Formed in 1820 to provide support for the republican and freethinking publisher Richard Carlile and his family after Carlile had been imprisoned for blasphemy. [e],
Subtopics - People
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]
John Knox: Scottish clergyman (1514-1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation and founder of Scottish Presbyterianism. [e]
William Brodie: (1741 - 1788) Respectable Edinburgh citizen who led a gang of burglars and died on a gallows that he himself had designed. [e]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Poets
Thomas Blacklock: (1721 - 1791) The"blind poet", an early supporter of Robert Burns. [e]
Robert Burns: The National poet of Scotland (1759-96); writer of Auld Lang Syne. [e]
Robert Fergusson: (1750 - 1774) Scottish poet whose verse inspired Robert Burns. [e]
William McGonagall: Add brief definition or description
Allan Ramsay (1686–1758): Add brief definition or description
- Duncan Ban MacIntyre: Add brief definition or description
Writers
- James Boswell: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Chambers: Add brief definition or description
- Arthur Conan-Doyle: Add brief definition or description[2]
Daniel Defoe: Add brief definition or description
John Home: Add brief definition or description
- Alexander McCall-Smith: Add brief definition or description
Henry MacKenzie: Add brief definition or description
- Ian Rankin: Add brief definition or description
- JK Rowling: Add brief definition or description
- Sir Walter Scott: Add brief definition or description
- Muriel Spark: Add brief definition or description
Robert Louis Stevenson: Add brief definition or description
James Tytler: Add brief definition or description
Artists and Musicians
- Robert Adam: Add brief definition or description
- John Burnet: Add brief definition or description
- James Craig: Add brief definition or description
Alexander Campbell Mackenzie: Add brief definition or description
William Henry Playfair: Add brief definition or description
Allan Ramsay: Add brief definition or description
- Henry Raeburn: Add brief definition or description
- David Wilkie: Add brief definition or description
Academics and Scientists
Joseph Black: Add brief definition or description
- Hugh Blair: Add brief definition or description
James Burnet, Lord Monboddo: Add brief definition or description
James Croll: Add brief definition or description
William Cullen: Add brief definition or description
Charles Darwin: Add brief definition or description 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.
Erasmus Darwin: Add brief definition or description
- Peter Higgs: Add brief definition or description
Henry Home, Lord Kames: Add brief definition or description
David Hume: Add brief definition or description
Adam Ferguson: Add brief definition or description
John Forbes: Add brief definition or description
- Archibald Geikie: Add brief definition or description
- James Geikie: Add brief definition or description
James Hutton: Add brief definition or description
James Lind: Add brief definition or description
- Joseph Lister: Add brief definition or description
Colin MacLaurin: Add brief definition or description
- James Clerk Maxwell: Add brief definition or description
Alexander Monro primus: Add brief definition or description
Alexander Monro secundus: Add brief definition or description
John Playfair: Add brief definition or description
William Robertson: Add brief definition or description
- Daniel Rutherford: Add brief definition or description
- Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer: Add brief definition or description
- James Young Simpson: Add brief definition or description
Adam Smith: Add brief definition or description
Dugald Stewart: Add brief definition or description
Politicians
Tony Blair: Add brief definition or description
Gordon Brown: Add brief definition or description
James Connolly: Add brief definition or description Connolly was born in the Cowgate - then a slum area of Edinburgh's Old Town, nicknamed "Little Ireland."
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet: Add brief definition or description (In The Statistical Accounts of Scotland)
Parent topics
Scotland: Add brief definition or description
Great Britain: Add brief definition or description
United Kingdom: Add brief definition or description
European Union: Add brief definition or description
Town and cities
Glasgow: Add brief definition or description
- Inverness: Add brief definition or description
- Dundee: Add brief definition or description
- Aberdeen: Add brief definition or description
Scottish Enlightenment: Add brief definition or description
Loke Viking: Add brief definition or description
Language
- Scots language: Add brief definition or description
- Scottish Gaelic language: Add brief definition or description
- Scottish English: Add brief definition or description
English language: Add brief definition or description
- Greyfriars Bobby [r]: 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]
- W. S. Gilbert [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William McGonagall [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Led Zeppelin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scottish Enlightenment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Adam Smith [r]: Add brief definition or description