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Date 1451 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni William Thomson, Baron Kelvin • Adam Smith • Nicola Sturgeon • Humza Yousaf • Sir William Ramsay • Gerard Butler • Vince Cable • John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns • John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns • John Cairncross • Menzies Campbell • Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker • David W.C. MacMillan • Colin Maclaurin • Jocelyn Bell Burnell • Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara • Helen Clark MacInnes • John Logie Baird

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