Our History our_history https://ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page MediaWiki 1.35.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Our History Our History talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk 0 1 7456 6201 2025-07-15T08:16:48Z GButtars 2 7456 wikitext text/x-wiki {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100% border=0 |colspan=2 style="background: #003366; color: white; font-family:Georgia, serif; font-size:30px; font-style:italic; text-align:center; padding:10px; line-height:200%"| A growing online history of the University of Edinburgh and its people |- | {{Template:mainlinks}} |- |valign=top style="text-align:justify;"| <div style="font-size:larger">July 2025: Please note: this is no longer a live project and we will not be adding any further content to it<br/><br/></div> <div style="font-size:larger">Timeline featuring a selection of key dates in the University history <br/><br/></div> {{Template:tline}} |valign=top align=left width=150| [[File:0007133c.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Book stamp and seal of [[Clement Litill (1527-1580)|Clement Litill]]]] [[File:0055378d.jpg | border | 250 px | right| thumb | [[Charter by King James VI, 14 April 1582|Foundation Charter]] of [[James VI and I|James VI]] to Edinburgh [[Town Council]] (1582)]] [[File:0025627c.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Signatories to the 'Sponsio' in the [[First Laureation & Degrees Album|First Laureation Album]]]] [[File:0022008d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Class card of Stephen Pellet, for classes in Botany by [[John Hope (1725-1786)|John Hope]]]] [[File:0009318d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Class card issued to [[Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)|Charles Darwin]] (1820s)]] [[File:0010737d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Portrait photograph of [[Sir David Brewster (1781-1868)|Sir David Brewster]]]] [[File:0007376d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Cricket team (1881)]] [[File:Nh0013.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Portrait photograph of [[Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871)|Sir Roderick Impey Murchison]] who endowed the Chair of [[Geology]]]] [[File:0025286d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | [[Clerk Ranken (1880-1936)|Clerk Ranken]] in a [[Chemistry]] laboratory]] [[File:0002552d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | Staff and students at the [[Polish School of Medicine]] (1940s)]] [[File:0022375d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | [[Animal Genetics|Institute of Animal Genetics]], [[King's Buildings]] campus (1950s)]] [[File:0013429d.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb | [[George Square]] (1960s)]] |} 451b73emz4jp988a0kpodyrw2p3r736