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Papers of Alexander Low Bruce

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-721
Scope and Contents

The papers contain: copies of letters of William Ewing of the Scottish Exploration Company to Alexander Low Bruce and to Cecil J. Rhodes; letters, telegraphs, banquet seating plan; a letter-book; diary of Bruce'sAmerican journey 1873; an album of newspaper cuttings; and, a memoriam volume.

Dates: 1873-1893

Papers of Alexander Watson McClymont (1879-1961), minister of Larkhall Chalmers United Free Church

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCC 1
Scope and Contents Two typscript volumes.MS MCC 1.1:"A pioneer of modern humanism. Ludwig Feuerbach and the validity of religious experience." Folio, 291 pages, split into 8 pages of frontmatter, 279 numbered pages, followed by 4 numbered pages of works cited.This item is a draft of McClymont's doctoral thesis. The volume is a springback binder. Typscript text is annotated in both ink and pencil.MS MCC 1.2:"A pioneer of modern humanism. Ludwig...
Dates: c.1950-1951

Papers of Alfred Daniell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-260
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of bundles of manuscript problems in physics, with a mathematical introduction.

Dates: 19th century

Papers of Allan Maconochie (Lord Meadowbank) - Legal material

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1137
Scope and Contents This is a collection of autograph manuscripts of Allan Maconochie (Lord Meadowbank). The manuscripts (1780s) consist largely of lectures and notes and many of the notes are incomplete or unfinished as it was the practice of Maconochie to finish in mid-sentence. The collection is composed of lecture/meeting notes on economics, law, government and society etc., and include those on: - the importance of...
Dates: 1780-1789

Papers of Andrew Bruce Davidson for Old Testament translations, c.1885

 Collection
Identifier: MS DAV 1
Scope and Contents

Text of the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy [Authorised Version], mounted on separate folio leaves with marginal notes by Andrew Bruce Davidson. Leaves are numbered 117 - 472.

Used in connection with the preparation of the Revised Version of the Old Testament, published 1885.

Dates: c. 1885

Papers of Andrew Crawford Hume

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1096
Scope and Contents

The collection contains:


  1. 1 x degree certificate in the name of Andrew Crawford Hume
  2. 4 x degree/certificates in the name of Thomas Hume
  3. 1 tool-bound volume containingJail hygiene in India, published in Calcutta, 1881, andVaso-motor diseases in India, 1879, which was owned by A. Hume aboard 'HMS Marathon', Bombay, Sept. 1891
Dates: 1873-1927

Papers of Andrew Graham Grieve

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1725
Scope and Contents

The archive is composed of correspondence, family papers, printed matter and newspaper cuttings, literary works, and diary.

Dates: 1883-1965

Papers of Andrew Lang

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-732
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of letters to various individuals including: those to H. Massie; those to Frances Bickley; letter to Mrs. Allhusen; letter to W. E. Henley; letter to Brookfields; letter to Frank Harris; letter to Miss Wynne; and, a batch of circa 20 letters including correspondence with Courtney Hill, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Smalley, 'My dear Page', Mr. Ashcroft, Miss Neaves, Mr. Deane, Mr. Rideing, and unnamed correspondents. Also includes manuscript letters written by his wife Leonora...
Dates: 1887-1910

Papers of Andrew Monro Lang

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1697
Scope and Contents File - Correspondence, general File - DNB entries - Craufurd, and Dempster File - Agriculture Folder - Correspondence, Dempster permissions from various institutions File - Banking, Fisheries, Roads File - Boswell and Burke ...
Dates: 1990-1998

Papers of Andrew Nisbet Bogle

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1004
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of the following:in Box 1/9: - box containing Moderator's laces - offprints, being copies of: the Churches Conference, held at the Library Hall, New College, Edinburgh, and its 'Draft of Unity Act' 10 February 1927; Committee to Confer with the United Free Church of Scotland; Scottish Church Society and its 'Notes on the Basis and Plan of Union'; and, Principal...
Dates: 1892-1980

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 139
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 7
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Church of Scotland 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 5
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 5
University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Born, Max, 1882-1970 (physicist) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 3
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 3
Church Missionary Society 3
Combe, George, 1788-1858 (Phrenologist) 3
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 3
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 3
Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Syme, James, 1799-1870 (Scottish pioneering surgeon; Professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 3
Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734 (Church of Scotland minister, historian and antiquarian) 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
Baikie, Hugh Edward, 1906-1981 (Church of Scotland missionary to India) 2
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer) 2
Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843 (advocate, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh) 2