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Petition by Edinburgh University medical students for more cadavers of anatomical study

 Collection — Box: Coll-1615 (E2015.19)
Identifier: Coll-1615
Scope and Contents Manuscript petition, ink on vellum (approx. 190 x 60cm in total, consisting of four joined membranes) with 248 signatures of medical students penned underneath text of the petition, also signed and dated by “J.Weatherspoon writer to the signet,” some light dustiness, several patches of discolouration, a few frayed areas at margins not affecting text.This huge vellum scroll bears the manuscript text of a petition dated 28 March 1828 signed by 248 medical students of the University...
Dates: 28 March 1828
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Petition from unemployed weavers to St John’s Church, Glasgow

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 4.5
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Dates: c.1816
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Petition of Thomas Dobie, Dumfries

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Identifier: MS BOX 10.23
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Dates: 1801
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Petition regarding patronage by Presbyterians in Kiltearn to the House of Commons.

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 35.5
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Dates: 1788
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

PhD thesis by Wilfrid Stott on the Nanchao Kingdom, notes and reports on the Tai people in China

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 3
Identifier: CSWC 95
Dates: 1945-1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Philip de Grouchy's collection of theatre programmes and other ephemera

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2003
Content Description This fonds consists of theatre programmes and other ephemera relating to plays taken part in or seen by Philip de Grouchy whilst studying at the University of Edinburgh from 1959 to 1963, and after. The material is arranged in nine "volumes": Vols I and II: Programmes of plays presented by Edinburgh University Dramatic Society (hereafter E.U.D.S.or "Dramsoc") in which Philip de Grouchy took part or...
Dates: 1959-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photocopied documents and photographs relating to Hugh McNair's career as a trampoline coach

 Fonds — Box: CLX-D-69
Identifier: Coll-1941
Content Description

Two framed photographs; several photographic prints of trampolinists coached by McNair; photocopied documents including a trampoline syllabus (1970s) and items relating to competitions.

Dates: 1950s-1970s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photocopies of biographical papers of Ebenezer Deas

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 4
Identifier: CSWC 99
Dates: 1890s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photocopies of letters and a sketch from Alexander Duff, 1836-1880, India

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 1
Identifier: CSWC 66
Dates: 1836-1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photocopies of letters by Mary Slessor on Calabar, Nigeria

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 1
Identifier: CSWC 81
Dates: 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (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
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 5
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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
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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
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish 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
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
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 4
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", 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
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
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
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
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 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
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 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
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
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
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 3