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The John Watson's Institution was a school established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1762. The building was designed in the Greek Revival style in 1825 by architect William Burn. Following the closure of the school, the building was left vacated for a number of years before becoming home to Modern One of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Although the Royal High School long enjoyed a near monopoly on boys' education among the Edinburgh burgesses and county gentry, roll lists before the mid eighteenth century are incomplete. Consequently, attendance by the mathematician John Napier (1550–1617) and the philosopher David Hume (1711–1776) is unconfirmed and may be legend.
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George Watson's College is a co-educational private day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1723, became a day school in 1871, and was merged with its sister school George Watson's Ladies College in 1974.
Former pupils of George Watson's College in Edinburgh are known as Watsonians, in memory of the school's founder, George Watson. They include the following individuals. See also The Category for Watsonians.
Dunedin School; The Edinburgh Academy (co-ed, day school, all ages) Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School; Fettes College (co-ed, all ages, day and boarding) George Heriot's School (co-ed, day school, all ages) George Watson's College (co-ed, day school, ages) Erskine Stewart's Melville Junior School (co-ed) The Mary Erskine School (girls, senior)
Founder of the Edinburgh Gazette and Edinburgh Courant. John Watson W.S. (died 1762), founder of John Watson's Institution, now the Gallery of Modern Art; John Wilson of Kilmaurs, executed 22 December 1666 for his part in the Pentland Rising [16] Patrick Wilson (1798–1871), architect
The council area of Edinburgh covers 264 square kilometres (102 sq mi), and has a population of just under 500,000. Edinburgh is centred on the medieval Old Town and the Georgian New Town. To the north is the historic port of Leith, on the shore of the Firth of Forth which is now built up from Cramond to Portobello. The modern city now extends ...