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• Botany
  ...y Botany was seen as a medical subject and was thus based in the [[Faculty of Medicine]]. ...iel Rutherford (1748-1819)]], on whose watch [[Robert Brown (1773-1858)]], of 'Brownian motion' was to graduate.
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• Foundation of Faculty of Music, 1894
  The Faculty of [[Music]] of Edinburgh University was founded in 1893. ...)]]. Initially, however, the subject came under the aegis of the [[Faculty of Arts]].
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• First Publication of the Student, 1887
  [[File:0002390c.jpg | border | 300 px | right | thumb | First issue of the ''Student'', 8 November 1887 (Da.69.2)]]The ''[[The Student|Student]]'' ...k, reports of sporting events, articles, reviews, and a fortnightly series of songs with music.
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• Foundation of Faculty of Medicine, 1726
  ...foundation for Edinburgh University's international reputation as a centre of medical teaching and research. ...of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and Plummer and Innes as Professors of Medicine and Chemistry. They were granted full power not only to teach medi
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• Purge of Episcopalian and Jacobite Staff, 1690
  ...esigned to root out Episcopalian and Jacobite sympathizers among the staff of Scottish universities, colleges and schools. It stipulated that: ...ilities for their respective imployments, and submitting to the government of the church now settled by law</blockquote>
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• Psychology
  ...MG 0694.JPG|thumb|250px|right|border|Sir James Drever, the first Professor of Psychology]] == Establishment of the Department ==
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• Universities (Scotland) Act 1932
  ...r of the [[United Free Church College]] and Edinburgh University's Faculty of [[Divinity]], a process completed in 1935. ...cipal and Professor of Divinity and Welsh Professor of Divinity and Church History, the roles that they had previously held at Edinburgh University.
  3 KB (505 words) - 11:03, 22 August 2014
• South Asian Studies
  ...An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India'', published in 1791, was amongst the earliest European texts to take ...of the 38 Indian Viceroys and Governor-Generals between 1774 and 1947 were of Scottish origin.
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• Bibliography of Published Sources
  ...1646 : to which is prefixed the charter granted to the college by James VI of Scotland, in 1582</u> ([http://archive.org/details/historyuniversi00craugoo * <u>The History of the University of Edinburgh: Chiefly Compiled from Original Papers and Records ... </u> ([htt
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• Mary, Queen of Scots
  ...existing prebendaries, chaplains, and friars were to retain the life-rent of their respective benefices. ...hat paved the way for the [[Opening of Edinburgh University, 1583|creation of Edinburgh University]] in October 1583.
  2 KB (358 words) - 13:23, 17 February 2015
• Opening of Masson Hall, 1897
  ...iversity Education of Women]] to provide amenities for the female students of the University. ...upport for the campaign was [[David Mather Masson (1822-1907)]], Professor of [[English Literature|Rhetoric and Belles Lettres]] (English Literature) at
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• General Council
  ...blished to ensure that graduates have a continuing voice in the management of the University. ...self governing status. The 1858 act dramatically changed the constitution of the University. A University Court and General Council were introduced whic
  4 KB (635 words) - 10:15, 25 February 2015
• History
  ...hair of Universal Civil History and Greek and Roman Antiquities, the first of its kind in Scotland. == Foundation of the Chair of Universal History ==
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• Charter by King James VI, 14 April 1582
  ...14 April 1582 led to the [[Opening of Edinburgh University, 1583 | opening of Edinburgh University]] in October 1583. == Ratification and Extension of Mary's Charter of 1567 ==
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• James VI and I
  ...ch paved the way for the [[Opening of Edinburgh University, 1583 | opening of Edinburgh University]] in the following year. == The Royal Charter of 1582 ==
  6 KB (921 words) - 10:41, 26 February 2015
• Charles Mackie (1688-1770)
  ...appointed as Edinburgh University’s first Professor of [[History|Universal History and Greek and Roman Antiquities]] in 1719. ...burgh he joined the Rankenian Club, one of the earliest literary societies of 18th-century Scotland, whose members included such future Enlightenment fig
  6 KB (861 words) - 11:00, 14 September 2015
• Civil Law
  ...the [[Faculty of Law]] following the creation of the Regius Professorship of [[Public Law]] in 1707. == Foundation of the Chair ==
  8 KB (1,096 words) - 10:55, 15 July 2015
• Hebrew
  ...urope to be elected to an Edinburgh chair and is the earliest-known person of Jewish origin to have lived in Scotland. == Foundation of the Chair ==
  13 KB (1,938 words) - 13:03, 13 July 2015
• Henry Charteris (c1565–1628)
  ...Dc.4.68)]]'''Henry Charteris (c.1565–1628)''' was the second [[Principal]] of Edinburgh University, serving from 1599 to 1620. ...pointed Principal and Professor of Theology on the deathbed recommendation of Robert Rollock.
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• Public Law
  ...ted in 1707, leading to the foundation of Edinburgh University's [[Faculty of Law]]. == Creation of the Chair ==
  8 KB (1,225 words) - 12:58, 14 July 2015

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