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James Gillespie's High School was founded in Bruntsfield Place in 1803 as a result of the legacy of James Gillespie, an Edinburgh tobacco merchant, and was administered by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. The school acknowledges Gillespie's links to the North Virginia slave trade and, in keeping with best practice, educates students about ...
James Gillespie (1726–1797) was a Scottish snuff and tobacco merchant in Edinburgh in the 18th century. He never married, and upon his death left a fortune with the request that a hospital and school for the poor should be built, now known as James Gillespie's High School . [ 1 ]
The school was founded in 1904, and located at 22–24 Warrender Park Crescent, overlooking Bruntsfield Links in a building designed by John Alexander Carfrae, [2] and remembered by Muriel Spark as "the school on the links". [3] Built as Boroughmuir School, the building became James Gillespie's in 1913 when the new Boroughmuir on Viewforth was ...
Community interest companies, the names of which must end with 'community interest company' or 'cic' [72] (or, if it is a public company, 'community interest public limited company' or 'community interest plc'), [73] or, in the case of Welsh companies if they so choose, the Welsh language equivalents 'cwmni buddiant cymunedol' or 'cbc' [74] (or ...
This is a list of schools and institutions providing Scottish Gaelic–medium education (GME) by area. For convenience the areas listed are not necessarily council or education authority areas unless otherwise noted. There are at least 46 nurseries, 62 primary schools and 29 secondary schools providing GME education in Scotland.
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)
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Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) was an asset management company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was one of Europe's largest asset management companies, with £146 billion of funds under management as at 31 December 2013. [1]