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- 20:03, 1 June 2014 diff hist -264 Alexander Anderson (1845-1909)
- 20:00, 1 June 2014 diff hist +44 Alexander Anderson (1845-1909)
- 19:59, 1 June 2014 diff hist +2,667 N Alexander Anderson (1845-1909) Created page with "Poet and University Librarian Anderson was born on 30th April 1845 at Kirkconnel, the youngest of 7 children, having an older sister and 5 older brothers. His father was Jame..."
- 19:56, 1 June 2014 diff hist -2 Frank Carr Nicholson (1875-1962)
- 19:55, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,825 N Frank Carr Nicholson (1875-1962) Created page with "University Librarian Nicholson was educated in Aberdeen, where his father was Professor of Natural History, and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he took the Classical Tr..."
- 19:51, 1 June 2014 diff hist +7 William Fraser Mitchell (1900-1988)
- 19:51, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,316 N William Fraser Mitchell (1900-1988) Created page with "Professor of Education, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham Born in Dundee in 1900, William Fraser Mitchell graduated from the University of Edinburgh with the degree of MA (1922)..."
- 19:48, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,430 N Arthur Mathieson (1926-1995) Created page with "Collector of books on the first nations of North America Throughout his adult life Arthur Mathieson of Galashiels had an enduring interest in the history and culture of the n..."
- 19:45, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,406 N John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1921-1978) Created page with "Professor of Politics and Member of Parliament for Berwick & East Lothian John Mackintosh was educated at Melville College, Edinburgh and at the Universities of Edinburgh and..."
- 19:04, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,868 N Eric Henry Liddell (1902-1945) Created page with "Olympic athlete and Christian missionary In May 1992 Mrs Patricia Russell presented to the University the medals won at the 8th Olympic Games in Paris in July 1924 by Eric He..."
- 19:01, 1 June 2014 diff hist +241 Music
- 18:59, 1 June 2014 diff hist +345 Music
- 18:58, 1 June 2014 diff hist -675 Faculty of Music
- 18:57, 1 June 2014 diff hist +12 Faculty of Music
- 18:56, 1 June 2014 diff hist -2 Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
- 18:56, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,037 N Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988) Created page with "Composer and Reid Professor of Music Kenneth Leighton was among the most distinguished of British post-war composers. An Honorary Doctor of the Universities of St Andrews and..."
- 18:43, 1 June 2014 diff hist +44 Colin Legum (1919-2003)
- 18:43, 1 June 2014 diff hist +725 N Colin Legum (1919-2003) Created page with "Journalist and writer on Africa From the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s Colin Legum reported Africa for the Observer, and researched and recorded the current state of Africa many..."
- 18:40, 1 June 2014 diff hist +24 Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)
- 18:39, 1 June 2014 diff hist +49 Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)
- 18:38, 1 June 2014 diff hist +3,422 N Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) Created page with "Koestler was born in Budapest, Hungary, 5 September 1905. He attended the University of Vienna, 1922-26, before becoming a journalist. Between 1926-29, he worked on a farm in ..."
- 18:11, 1 June 2014 diff hist +1,303 N Eric Gray Forbes (1933-1984) Created page with "Professor of the History of Science A graduate of the Universities of St Andrews and London, Dr Forbes came to the University of Edinburgh as Lecturer in the History of Scien..."
- 20:13, 30 May 2014 diff hist +12 James VI and I
- 20:11, 30 May 2014 diff hist +12 Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- 20:10, 30 May 2014 diff hist 0 m James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988) GButtars moved page James Clarkson Corson to James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988) without leaving a redirect
- 20:09, 30 May 2014 diff hist +207 James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988)
- 20:01, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,175 N James Vincent Compton (1928-) Created page with "Professor of History at San Francisco State University Son of Lewis Compton, some time Assistant Secretary and later, Acting Secretary, of the Navy in the Cabinet of Presiden..."
- 19:52, 30 May 2014 diff hist +45 Christian Salvesen Ltd
- 19:51, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,684 N Christian Salvesen Ltd Created page with "Whalers and shippers, founded 1872 The history of the firm of Christian Salvesen goes back to 1851 when Christian Salvesen arrived in Leith and set up in business as a shipow..."
- 19:47, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1 James Cathcart White (1852-1943)
- 19:47, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,052 N James Cathcart White (1852-1943) Created page with "Advocate and bibliophile James Cathcart White graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in 1873. He was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1875, and was Father o..."
- 19:44, 30 May 2014 diff hist +12 Music
- 19:44, 30 May 2014 diff hist +12 Faculty of Music
- 19:43, 30 May 2014 diff hist 0 m Frederick Niecks (1845-1924) GButtars moved page Frederick Maternus Neicks to Frederick Maternus Neicks (1845-1924) without leaving a redirect
- 19:42, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1 Sir Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940)
- 19:42, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,261 N Sir Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940) Created page with "Reid Professor of Music Educated at Balliol College Oxford, the young Tovey soon achieved fame as a pianist, scholar, composer and organiser of concerts in Britain and in Eur..."
- 19:38, 30 May 2014 diff hist +16 Faculty of Music
- 19:37, 30 May 2014 diff hist +59 Frederick Niecks (1845-1924)
- 19:35, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,343 N Sir John William Thomson-Walker (1871-1937) Created page with "Surgeon and print-collector Born in Newport, Fife, Thomson Walker was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and the University of Edinburgh, graduating [[Medicine|MB ChB]..."
- 19:32, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,029 N James Thin (1824-1915) Created page with "Bookseller and hymnologist The founder of the family firm of James Thin, Booksellers which has been familiar to generations of University of Edinburgh students and staff ..."
- 19:30, 30 May 2014 diff hist -28 Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901)
- 19:30, 30 May 2014 diff hist -39 Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901)
- 19:29, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,473 N Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901) Created page with "Professor of Natural Philosophy Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the University of Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler and First Smith's Prizeman, Peter Guthrie Tait..."
- 19:11, 30 May 2014 diff hist +39 John Small (1828-1886)
- 19:10, 30 May 2014 diff hist +1,260 N John Small (1828-1886) Created page with "Librarian of the University of Edinburgh Small was the son of an Under-Librarian of the College of Edinburgh, also called John Small. The Library has a double portrait painte..."
- 19:08, 30 May 2014 diff hist +240 Frederick Niecks (1845-1924)
- 19:06, 30 May 2014 diff hist +610 N Roger McNeill (1853-1924) Created page with "Medical Officer of Health for Argyllshire and book collector Born in 1853 on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, the son of a cattle herder, he was a medical graduate of the Univ..."
- 18:50, 30 May 2014 diff hist +4 Senatus Academicus
- 23:45, 29 May 2014 diff hist +4 Bartilmo Somerville's Endowment of the Chair of Divinity, 1639
- 23:43, 29 May 2014 diff hist +3 Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) →Sources current