University of Edinburgh -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Papers Illustrative of the History and Constitution of the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2114
Papers of Professor David Bayne Horn
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-26
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Professor Horn are a boxed, unnumbered, uncatalogued collection of papers, drafts, notes, and miscellaneous items. The most significant material relates to the proposed 'long history' of the University. Also included are background materials (drafts, notes, bibliographies, offprints, etc.) relating to Horn's publications on 18th century British diplomatic history:The British diplomatic service, 1689-1789(1961);Great Britain and Europe in the eighteenth century(1967). There are...
Dates:
before 1969
Volume entitled "Case of the University of Edinburgh", relating to the institution of a Professorship of Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons
Fonds — Volume Dc.1.5
Identifier: Coll-2291
Scope and Contents
Manuscript volume entitled "Case of the University of Edinburgh; In relation to The Recent Institution of a Professorship of Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons", 1804. It contains a history of appointed professorships at the university since its founding; a history of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; a copy of meeting minutes of the College of Surgeons on the event of presenting their application for a professorship at the university. Volume signed by "R. Hamilton",...
Dates:
1804-1805