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Papers of John Harry Dring (1911-2000)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 1
Scope and Contents

The collection is in three main sections: (1) biographical and personal items including articles and papers by Dring about his life and work, diary entries from his voyage to Argentina, and two photographs (1911-1989); (2) news and prayer letters, some under the title of Chaco Grace (1935-1995); (3) and correspondence between Dring, his mission, supporters, fellow missionaries, and family (1936-1995).

Dates: 1911-1995
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of John Henderson Seaforth Burleigh (1894-1985)

 Collection
Identifier: MS BUR
Scope and Contents

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Dates: c.1833 - 1935
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Hill, Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.2.3
Identifier: Coll-2138
Scope and Contents Manuscripts and papers of John Hill, Professor of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, including poetry and essays. Bound in one volume. 'The Virtuous Rapture. A Poem' by Matthew Mitchell. Edin., 22 Oct., 1735. Addressed to 'The Reverend Mr. John Gowdie, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh.' 'An Analysis of the Principals of Taste', by John Hill. ...
Dates: late 18th century - early 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of John Johnstone, Printer and Publisher

 Fonds
Identifier: GD35
Scope and Contents The papers are composed of correspondence with John Johnstone from Lindsay Alexander, J.H. Balfour, Lewis Balfour, James Begg, Andrew A. Bonar, Horatius Bonar, John J. Bonar, John Brown, Alexander Brunton, John Bruce, James Buchanan, Islay Burns, Robert S. Candlish, Thomas Chalmers, George Cook, Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigne, Alexander Duff, Emily Faithfull, Thomas Guthrie, William M. Hetherington, Robert Murray McCheyne, Thomas McCrie, Mackintosh Mackay, Thomas McLauchlan, Norman McLeod, Hugh...
Dates: 1837-1857
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Lawson ( -1852)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 1.2
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1765-1791
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Leslie (1527-1596), Bishop of Ross

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LES
Scope and Contents

Manuscript compilation abridged from an English translation of John Leslie's 'De origine moribus, et rebus gestis Scotorum' (1578). Written in secretary hand (16th c.?) possibly by more than one person.

Inscribed on the front inside cover - 'Tho. McCrie'. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1578
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Livingston (1603-1672), minister at Ancrum

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LIV
Scope and Contents Manuscript volume titled, 'The life of Mr John Livingstone minister of the Gospell from the principall writ by himselfe and compaired-'.Comprised of 6 sections:1. 'The life of Mr John Livingstone.' pp. 1-120 2. 'Ane account of what past when Mr John Livingstone appeared before ye councill in the lower councill house of Edinburgh 11 of December 1662 at which tyme they banished him.' pp.121-134 3.'The substance of a discourse had by Mr John Livingstone in the pulpit to his parish...
Dates: 1662-1671
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Love (1695-1750), schoolmaster, Dalkeith

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Identifier: MS LOV 2
Scope and Contents

Manuscript copy of 'A vindication of Mr. George Buchanan in two parts' prepared for press by the author Rev John Love (1695-1750). Contains bookplate of Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1798-1868) and note on the flyleaf saying the manuscript was found with the papers of the late Dr. Hamilton of Aberdeen.

Dates: c.1745
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Love (1757-1825), minister at Anderston, Glasgow

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LOV 1
Scope and Contents MS LOV 1.1 Notes written by a Miss Kay from Rothesay on sermons preached by Rev John Love in Greenock between 1784-1785. Sermons titled:Sermons on Luke 7:21. "He cured many of their infirmities and plagues" pp. 1Sermons on 2 Sam. 23:5. "yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant" pp. 88Sermons on Joel 2:21. "Fear not O land be glad and rejoice" pp. 153Sermons on Acts 8:39. "If thou believest with thine heart" pp. 261...
Dates: 1784-1823
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John McDonald (1761-1828), minister of Dubbieside, Fife and Thurso Antiburgher Churches

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCD 5
Scope and Contents 12 manuscript notebooks of sermons given by John McDonald at Dubbieside [Inverleven] and Thurso.Arranged approximately in chronological order, with all sections of text made up from a combination of standard writing and short hand.Each volume has a short contents list on the boards, outlining which biblical passages are referenced. MS MCD 5.1 - MS MCD 5.11 are written from both the front and the back, whilst MS MCD 5.12 is written from just the front.The...
Dates: 1797-1823
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 141
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 18
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 13
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 10
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 9
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 7
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 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
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 6
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 5
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 5
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 5
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 5
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
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 5
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", 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 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
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, 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
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 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 Aberdeen (1495-:) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
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
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 3
Chiene, John, 1843-1923 (Scottish surgeon, Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh ) 3
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 3
Church Missionary Society 3
Church of Scotland (1560-) 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
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828 (the elder | British physician | Professor at University of Edinburgh) 3
East India Company (1600-1874) 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
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 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
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 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
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 3
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3