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Manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2064
Content Description This is a manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh, taken down by an unknown student. It is dated 1770, and comprises 39 complete lectures.Hugh Blair published his lectures in 1783, but very few manuscripts of his teachings survive nowadays. He did not want any "bastardised" versions to survive, as he called them in his publications, and insisted in his will that all his personal papers...
Dates: 1770

Medical lecture notes of T. L. Kennish

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Identifier: Coll-1908
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Edinburgh University medical lecture notes taken down by T. L. Kennish, c 1880s.

Dates: 1880s

Notebooks of lectures at the University of Edinburgh, taken down by Robert Low Orr and William J. Orr

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Identifier: Coll-1919
Scope and Contents This fonds consists of 20 notebooks containing notes on legal and medical lectures given at the University of Edinburgh, taken down by Robert Low Orr and William J. Orr. Also includes some class cards, exam papers, and ephemera of Robert Low Orr. Robert Low Orr: Lectures on Metaphysics (Fraser) Robert Low Orr: Law lectures (Muirhead, Macpherson) Robert Low Orr: Scots law...
Dates: 1873-1886

Notes from Lectures by Joseph Black

 Fonds — Volume: Dc.2.41
Identifier: Coll-1852
Scope and Contents Single volume, though one that has been part of a larger set, containing lectures given by Joseph Black, beginning 30 Oct 1782. The lectures are numbered 1 through to 59, with and indication that they were continued in a further volume (not present). The volume is paginated and bound between pages is a fold-out drawing, dated 1784, of a thermometer, marked with properties/states of various substances at specific temperatures.The author of the volume is unknown but was almost...
Dates: 1782-c1784

Notes of botany lectures given by Daniel Rutherford, taken down by person unknown

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Identifier: Coll-1929
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Red notebook containing notes taken at Dr Rutherford's botanical lectures in May 1790.

Dates: May 1790

Notes of lectures by Charles Alston, with bookplates of Alexander Russell

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Identifier: Coll-1910
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Three volumes of notes of lectures given by Charles Alston, entitled 'A treatise on the materia medica ... from the lectures of Charles Alston, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians and Professor of Botany at Edinburgh. 1733'. 183 x 165 mm, rebound. They bear the armorial bookplate of Alexander Russell, M.D. It is possible that this is the Alexander Russell that studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and graduated in 1779.

Dates: 1733

Notes of lectures by George Lees, taken down by Thomas Millar

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Identifier: Coll-1912
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One volume of notes taken down by Thomas Millar, who lived at 9 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, on lectures on natural philosophy given by George Lees. There is note reading: 'George Lees appears in the Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1840/1, as Lecturer in Natural Philosopgy at the School of Arts, Adam Square'. This schhol was the Edinburgh School of Arts, later known as the Watt Institution and School of Arts, which had moved to Adam Square in 1837.

Dates: 1840

Notes of lectures by Sir John Halliday Croom, taken down by P. J. F. Garvey

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Identifier: Coll-1898
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Notes of lectures on midwifery given by John Holliday Croom in 1899 and 1905-1906, taken down by P. J. F. Garvey.

Dates: 1899-1906

Notes of lectures by Sir William Hamilton, taken down by D. Maclaren

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Identifier: Coll-1897
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Notes of lectures on Logic given by Sir William Hamilton, 1847-1848, taken down by D. Maclaren.

Dates: 1847-1848

Notes of lectures given by Sir Alexander Russell Simpson and Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, taken down by Kenneth R. Brown

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Identifier: Coll-1949
Scope and Contents Notebooks containing lecture notes taken down by Kenneth R. Brown in 1885-1887, bearing his bookplate. Notes on lectures given by Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart. 'Lectures on the Practice of Physic'. Edinburgh University, 1885-1886, 2 vols. Notes on lectures given by Sir Alexander Russell Simpson. Lectures on midwifery, and lectures on gynaecology. Edinburgh University, 1886-1887. ...
Dates: 1885-1887

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Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 4
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 3
Simpson, Sir Alexander Russell, 1835-1916 (professor of midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 2
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 1
Annandale, Thomas, 1838-1907 (surgeon) 1
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Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 1
Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843 (advocate, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Bennet, E W, fl 1820s (Edinburgh University chemistry student) 1
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 1
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 1
Borthwick, John, fl 1800s (of Crookston | Edinburgh University student) 1
Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1849-1932 (Watson-Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh) 1
Brown, Kenneth R, fl 1880s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Burns, Margaret, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Butcher, Samuel Henry, 1850-1910 (classicist, politician and professor of greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Cabbell, J, fl 1750s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Caird, Francis Mitchell, 1853-1926 (Scottish surgeon, Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Chiene, John, 1843-1923 (Scottish surgeon, Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh ) 1
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 1
Craw, Barbara M, fl 1900s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Croom, John Halliday, Professor Sir, 1847-1923 (physician) 1
Dalzel, Andrew, 1742-1806 (Professor of Greek and Honorary Librarian, University of Edinburgh) 1
Dickson, George, fl 1860s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Dickson, William Elliot Carnegie, 1878-1954 (Scottish physician) 1
Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828 (the elder | British physician | Professor at University of Edinburgh) 1
Elliot, S, fl 1890s-1901 (Professor of Botany) 1
Fraser, Thomas Richard, Sir, 1841-1920 (physician and pharmacologist, professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Garvey, P J F, fl 1890s-1900s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Glennie, George, 1768-1845 (Professor of Moral Philosophy in Marischal College, and minister of West Parish Church.) 1
Goodhart, Harry Chester, 1858-1895 (English footballer and Professor of Humanity, University of Edinburgh) 1
Goodsir, John, Professor, 1814-1867 (professor of anatomy Edinburgh University | Edinburgh) 1
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 1
Grimond, Magnus, fl 1970s-2010s (Edinburgh University alumnus) 1
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 1
Hamilton, Sir William, 1788-1856 (metaphysician ) 1
Hannay, Robert Kerr, Professor, 1867-1940 (historian, palaeographer) 1
Haultain, Francis William Nicol, 1861-1921 (Gynaecologist and obstetrician) 1
Heriot-Watt College (1885-1966) 1
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 1
Jamieson, F R, fl 1890s (lecturer in Latin Literature, University of Edinburgh) 1
Kennish, T L, fl 1880s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Lees, George, fl 1840 (Lecturer in Natural Philosophy, Watt Institution and School of Arts) 1
Lemon, Ethelwyn Lilias, fl 1890s-1940s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 1
Mackay, George, 1861-1949 (British ophthalmic surgeon) 1
Maclaren, D, fl 1840s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Marischal College (1593-1858) 1
Marshall, Helena, fl 1870s (Edinburgh University student, governess in Russia and Switzerland) 1
Maybury, Edwin, fl 1947-1951 (University of Edinburgh zoology student) 1
McMillen, Frederick Hugh, fl 1938-1943 (Veterinary student) 1
Millar, Thomas, fl 1840 (student, Watt Institution and School of Arts) 1
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 1
Orr, Robert Low, fl 1870s-1880s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Orr, William J, fl 1870s-1880s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Orrock, Alex (former owner of student lecture notes dated 1790) 1
Orrock, W W (former owner of student lecture notes dated 1790) 1
Pattison, Andrew Seth Pringle-, 1856-1931 (Scottish philosopher) 1
Pearse, Arthur, fl 1850s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Peat, George, fl 1790 (Law student) 1
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 1
Robb, Janet, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University(?) student) 1
Robb, Susan, fl 1901 (Edinburgh University(?) student) 1
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 1
Russell, Alexander, fl 1770s-1780s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Rutherford, Daniel, 1749-1819 (physician and botanist) 1
Rutherford, John, 1695-1779 (Professor of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 1
Sanders, William Rutherford, 1828-1881 (Scottish physician) 1
Sees, Thomas, fl 1820s (Law student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 1
Simpson, William, fl 1830s (student, Marischal College) 1
Stevenson, Isabella Watt, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 (Scottish philosopher and mathematician) 1
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 1
Stiles, Sir Harold Jalland, 1863-1946 (Knight | British surgeon) 1
Torrance, James B, 1923-2003 (theologian) 1
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 1
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 1
University of Pennsylvania (1791-:) (university) 1
Usher, Victor Field, 1880-1952 (physician, medical alumnus of Edinburgh University) 1
Watson, James R, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 1
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