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    Andrew Dalzell (sometimes shown as Andrew Dalzel or Andrew Dalziel) FRSE (1742–1806) was a Scottish scholar and prominent figure during the Scottish Enlightenment...
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    1788. His proposers were Alexander Fraser Tytler, James Russell and Andrew Dalzell. At this time, he lived at Foresters Wynd off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh...
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    elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Dalzell, James Gregory, and John Robison. He died in Richmond in Surrey (now...
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    intake of members following its foundation in 1783). His proposers were Andrew Dalzell, James Gregory and Alexander Fraser Tytler. In 1786 he was a founder...
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    Scottish politician and writer. His tutor had been the learned Dr. Andrew Dalzell and James Maitland then attended the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow...
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    (CP) John Dalrymple (1734–1779), Lord Provost 1770 and 1777 (CP) Prof Andrew Dalzell, FRSE Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh (1742–1806)...
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    wall. Principles of Latin and English Grammar (1772) (co-written with Andrew Dalzell), which, being written in English instead of Latin, brought down a storm...
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    Bridge was routed across the College Gardens, in a December 1784 letter Andrew Dalzell wrote "It is now resolved to build a bridge across the Cowgate, passing...
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    Dalziel (redirect from Dalzell, surname)
    Dalziel, Dalzell, Dezell, or Dalyell (/diˈɛl/ dee-EL) is a Scottish surname. The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an anglicisation...
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    was elected Principal Clerk of the General Assembly in opposition to Andrew Dalzell. He was associated with Principal Robertson as an ecclesiastical leader...
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    George III. He was brother-in-law to Robert Adam and father-in-law to Andrew Dalzell. Drysdale was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife on 29 April 1714, the third...
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  • mention one with 16-pots. Three Dalzell brothers (Andrew, James, and William) and a banker from Pittsburgh founded the Dalzell Brothers and Gilmore Glass Company...
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  • Frederick Ramon de Bertodano y Wilson, 8th Marquis de Moral(1871–1955) was an Australian born officer in the British Army during the Second Matabele War...
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    Dalzell House (/diˈɛl/ dee-EL) is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the south of the town, on the north bank...
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  • of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers for the latter were Andrew Dalzell, Adam Smith, and James Hutton. He died on 29 November 1807. In 1763...
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  • Nicol (or Nicholas) Alexander Dalzell FRSE FLS (21 April 1817 – 18 December 1877) was a Scottish botanist. He was one of the first persons to form the...
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    where he graduated with an MA on 30 January 1801. He became a pupil of Andrew Dalzell, was influenced by Dugald Stewart, and attended the chemistry lectures...
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  • Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Walker, James Hutton, Andrew Dalzell and Alexander Keith of Dunnottar. In 1793 he obtained a position as...
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  • Publishing Company. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-1-55619-758-1. Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English...
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  • of Edinburgh. His proposers were Dugald Stewart, James Gregory, and Andrew Dalzell. He was elected to the House of Commons for Elginshire in 1790, a seat...
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  • Edinburgh in 1786. His proposers were John Robison, John Playfair, and Andrew Dalzell. He died in Jamaica on 8 June 1806. He is buried there in St James Churchyard...
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    Andy Jassy (redirect from Andrew Jassy)
    Andrew R. Jassy (born January 13, 1968) is an American business executive who is the president and chief executive officer of Amazon. Before being appointed...
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    Society of Edinburgh in 1798. His proposers were Dr James Gregory, Andrew Dalzell, and John Playfair. Doig died in Stirling on 16 March 1800, aged 81...
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    elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Dalzell, James Gregory and Rev William Greenfield. He was a member of the Sons...
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    elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Andrew Dalzell, James Hutton, and Rev John Hill. He died following a short illness...
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    Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1790, his proposers being Andrew Dalzell, Dugald Stewart and James Gregory. He died in Shawfield House near Rutherglen...
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    In 1807, Dunbar succeeded Andrew Dalzell as Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh, having acted as Dalzell's assistant for many years. Dunbar...
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  • Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Alexander Fraser Tytler, Andrew Dalzell and Thomas Charles Hope. In 1806 the University of Edinburgh awarded...
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    and with it the hopes of rebuilding the College on the existing site. Andrew Dalzell wrote to a friend in December: "It is now resolved to build a bridge...
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  • His proposers were Robert Arbuthnot (Ceylon), Henry Mackenzie, and Andrew Dalzell. He died in Midmar on 17 November 1813, the day before his 80th birthday...
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