Edinburgh Collegiate School

Edinburgh Collegiate School was located at 27/28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.[1][2] The school was established in 1868.[1]

Notable former pupils
  • Thomas Hastie Bryce (1862–1946), anatomist, medical author and archaeologist
  • W. K. Burton (1856–1899), engineer, photographer and photography writer, who lived most of his career in Meiji period Japan
  • Henry Cowan (1862–1932), Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) 1906–22, Unionist MP 1923–29
  • William James Cullen, Lord Cullen (1859–1941), lawyer and judge, Sheriff of Fife and Kinross, Senator of the College of Justice
  • Sir Frederick Gebbie (1871–1939), British civil engineer in India
  • Archibald Alexander Gordon (1867–1949), British soldier who served as attaché to the Military Household of King Albert I of Belgium during World War I
  • Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), British senior officer during the First World War[2]
  • Henry Halcro Johnston (1856–1939), Scottish botanist, physician, rugby union international
  • Alfred Edward Moffat (1863–1950), Scottish musician, composer and collector of music
  • Sir James Thorburn (1864–1929), British colonial Governor of the Gold Coast 1910–12
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References
  1. "Charlotte Square". Gazetteer for Scotland. 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. Reid, Walter (2011) [2009]. "Chapter 2: Family and youth". Architect of Victory: Douglas Haig (Kindle ed.). Birlinn. ISBN 978-1843410454. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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