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Medals and Honours awarded to Sir George Taylor

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-939
Identifier: Coll-1257
Scope and Contents The collection of Medals and Honours is composed of the following awards: 1 x Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh / German (Junior), Session 1911-1912, Awarded to Annie J. Whitson (bronze medal in presentation case, Alex'r Kirkwood and Son, Medalists, 9 St. James Square, Edinburgh) 1 x Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh / German (Intermediate), Session 1912-1913, Awarded to Annie J. Whitson...
Dates: 1911-1984
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals and photograph of Emily Charlotte Thomson and Alexander Thomson

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-346
Identifier: Coll-1994
Content Description This fonds consists of medals awarded to Emily Charlotte Thomson and Alexander Thomson , as well as one photograph depicting Emily Charlotte Thomson. Five medals of Alexander Thomson from the University of Edinburgh, in: chemistry (1886-87), practical physiology (1887-88), natural history (1887), Institute of Medicine (1887-88), and a blank one on the same model. Three medals of Emily...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1879-1891
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals Awarded to Arthur Holmes

 Collection — Box: CLX-A-37, Box: Coll-545
Identifier: Coll-545
Scope and Contents

11 medals, 9 within their original presentation boxes, presented to Arthur Holmes between 1937 and 1964.

Dates: 1937-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals, awards and decorations of William Hunter

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1146
Scope and Contents At E2008.33, the collection of Prize orders, medals, and medallions awarded to William Hunter is composed of: - the Serbian Order of St. Sava - bejewelled breast Star - the Serbian Order of St. Sava - Medallion/Badge with ribbon; the obverse of the cross bears an oval enamelled portrait of the bishop St. Sava, the centre of which is encircled by blue and the motto of the order in old...
Dates: 1879-1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals from Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Edinburgh University

 Collection — Box: CLX-A-352
Identifier: Coll-1830
Content Description

A bronze and a silver medals in their cases awarded to Peter Haugh in the University's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies for Zoology and Botany (1903-1904) and for Clinique (1906-1907); and three bronze medals from Edinburgh University awarded to Samuel M. Inkster for Chemistry (1869), General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy (1870-1871) and Practice of Medicine (1872-1873). Also includes an article by Gregor Macaulay explaining the medals.

Dates: 1869-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals of James Roland Rider, Veterinary Surgeon

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1115
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of 14 academic session medals (5 silver and 9 bronze) awarded to James Roland Rider between 1913 and 1918. The medals were awarded by both the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.The medals can be described thus: - 1913 - silver - obverse: decorated with raised seated classical figure with Scottish...
Dates: 1913-1918
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals of Professor Kenneth M. Creer

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-2016
Content Description Medals and pins awarded to Professor Kenneth M. Creer in their original boxes. John Adam Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union (1990) in a wooden box; American Geophysical Union cufflink in a black velvet box (1990); Freedom of the City of Grenoble medal in a blue box (1994); Royal Astronomical Society medal (Gold, Geophysics, 1996) in a red...
Dates: 1990-1996
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medals of William A. Knowles

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1292
Scope and Contents 1 x silver medal - Annual Prize - Perth Academy - awarded to William A. Knowles 1882-1883 - 1st student Senior Mathematical and Physical Class 1 x silver medal - Annual Prize - Perth Academy - awarded to William D[sic]. Knowles 1884-1885 - 1st student Senior Latin Class 1 x bronze medal -Edinburgh University - awarded to William A. Knowles 1885-1886 - Junior Mathematics ...
Dates: 1882-1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medical Buildings Time Capsule

 Fonds — Box: EUA-A-48
Identifier: EUA GD5
Scope and Contents Note written by William Turnbull contating details about him, his wife Cecilia, and Thomas Wilkie, which describes their idea, along with three cuttings taken from The Scotsman. One includes an item on Popery in the Highlands by John Stuart Blackie, with a related poem on the establishment of Fort Augustus. Another reports weather conditions. The third includes coverage of a meeting of the Free Church Presbytery in...
Dates: 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Medical Commonplace Book of George Brock

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1124
Scope and Contents The volume has the armorial book-plate of George Brock M.D. (Georgius Brock M.D.). The text in the volume begins with a quotation from Cullen, so the author of the manuscript was doubtless a follower or student of Cullen whose name is invoked several times subsequently. To begin with the text is concerned with materia medica and the nutritional qualities of foodstuffs. later the text is more various, with topics including physiology and also asphyxiation. A dispute within the Royal College...
Dates: 1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
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Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
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Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
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Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
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Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
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