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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.
The Royal High School (Canada) Club was formed in Winnipeg in 1914, and after lapsing into inactivity because of the war it was revived in British Columbia in 1939. [61] The Royal High School Club was formed in 1925 to help former pupils in the east; it disbanded in 1959. [62]
Pages in category "People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 340 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The building on the links is now University of Edinburgh student residences. [4] The school moved to a site at 26 Viewforth, also designed by Carfrae, from 1913 to 2018. [5] Built as a "higher grade" school, the building was designed to accommodate over 1200 pupils in 40 classrooms.
List of schools in Edinburgh is a list of schools in the City of Edinburgh council area of Scotland. It lists schools both within Edinburgh itself, and in outlying villages within the local government boundary.
James Gillespie's High School (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig) is a state-funded secondary school in Marchmont, Edinburgh, Scotland.It is a comprehensive high school, educating pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, situated at the centre of Edinburgh.
St. Augustine's RC High School was founded in August 1969. It was created on the Comprehensive School model by the merger of two existing Catholic schools: Holy Cross Academy, a selective secondary school which was established in 1907, [3] and the non-selective St Andrew's Junior Secondary, which opened in 1962. St Augustine's moved to its ...
The school has a current pupil roll of approximately 1050 pupils and 80 teaching staff. ... Chris (3 May 2011), Holy Rood High School, The City of Edinburgh Council ...