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Also Known As Town’s College
Date 1583 - present
Notable Alumni Alexander McCall Smith • Sir C. Wyville Thomson • J.M. Barrie • Julius Nyerere • Arthur Conan Doyle • Geoffrey Hinton • Fraser Stoddart • Richard Henderson • Chris Hoy • Malcolm Rifkind • Ian Rankin • Thea Musgrave • Peter C. Doherty • John Swinney • Ian Frazer • Hugh Blair • Robert Edwards • Houston A. Baker, Jr. • James Mirrlees • Vincent du Vigneaud • Sir John Richardson • Sir James Mackenzie • Sir David Brewster • Sir William Hodge • Guido Pontecorvo • Robert Stephenson • Sir William Edmond Logan • A.J.M. Smith • Sir John Kirk • John Rae • Sir James Dewar • Jennie Lee, baroness of Asheridge • Sir George Thomas Beilby • Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson • Sir Charles Bell • Richard Bright • Peter Mark Roget
Related People Sir Robert Sibbald • Sir Edward Victor Appleton

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