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

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