Marischal College (/ˈmɑːrʃl/ MAR-shəl) is a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and since 2011 has...
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title of Earl Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland. The office of Marischal of Scotland (or...
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currently constituted was formed in 1860 by a merger between King's College and Marischal College, a second university founded in 1593 as a Protestant alternative...
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James Clerk Maxwell (category Academics of King's College London)
life as "one of unexampled devotion". In 1860 Marischal College merged with the neighbouring King's College to form the University of Aberdeen. There was...
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Aberdeen (section Universities and colleges)
King's College, Aberdeen, which was founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland. Marischal College, a...
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John Abercrombie (physician) (category Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
degree of MD from the University of Oxford, was elected Rector of Marischal College and University, Aberdeen and appointed Physician to the King in Scotland...
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9 Sept 2007 Officers of the Marischal College & University of Aberdeen, 1593-1860. "John Gray Rector of Marischal College". Legacies of British Slave-ownership...
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Aberdeen, King's College (est. 1495) and Marischal College (est. 1593) in 1860. Prior to the merge, there were 23 Chancellors of King's College, the majority...
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the college and supportive of the reforming ideas of Peter Ramus. In April 1593 Keith founded a second university in the city, Marischal College. Initially...
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Ancient universities of Scotland (category Lists of universities and colleges in the United Kingdom)
King's College, after its royal founder James IV. A separate university (Marischal College) was founded in 1593. In 1860, King's merged with Marischal College...
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Professor of Divinity at Marischal College, which physically adjoins the church. In January 1796 he was made Principal of Marischal College in place of George...
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The museum was a part of the University of Aberdeen, situated at Marischal College, a grand neo-gothic building said to be the second-largest granite...
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on 18 June 2014, after staff had been relocated to the redeveloped Marischal College across the road. The premises is bounded by Broad Street to the east...
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Aberdeenshire, he was a son of a schoolmaster at Birse, and was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen. Brought up as a Presbyterian, he became an Episcopalian...
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ancient universities (St Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh, King's College, and Marischal College). Sharing the humanist and rational outlook of the Western Enlightenment...
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List of universities in Scotland (category Lists of universities and colleges in the United Kingdom)
two colleges at Aberdeen were considered too small to be viable and they were restructured as the University of Aberdeen in 1860. Marischal College was...
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List of universities in the United Kingdom (redirect from Leeds College of Business Management and Technology)
Wales King's College, Aberdeen – Merged with Marischal College, Aberdeen to form University of Aberdeen University of London: Bedford College, London – Merged...
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chemist and dyer, amongst other ventures. Davidson was educated at Marischal College, where he studied second and third year classes from 1819-1821, including...
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John Hughes (neuroscientist) (category Alumni of King's College London)
Pharmacology at Aberdeen University, where he had a laboratory in Marischal College, and also collaborated in research with Hans Kosterlitz. He went on...
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politician. Born in 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Clark was educated at Marischal College and the University of Edinburgh. He came to Canada in 1859 and was...
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Chief historically held the hereditary title of Marischal, then Great Marischal, then Earl Marischal of Scotland. The placename Keith comes from a Cumbric...
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property of the Keiths from the 14th century, and the seat of the Earl Marischal, Dunnottar declined after the last Earl forfeited his titles by taking...
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List of universities in the United Kingdom by date of foundation (category Lists of universities and colleges in the United Kingdom)
King's College of Aberdeen, and Marischal College and University of Aberdeen shall be united and incorporated into one University and college, in all...
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Fraserburgh University (category Defunct universities and colleges in Scotland)
churches. It is likely that Earl Marischal's personal rivalry with Fraser resulted in him founding Marischal College in Aberdeen. The university was confirmed...
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George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (c. 1553–1623) was a Scottish nobleman and Earl Marischal. He succeeded as earl on 7 October 1581, upon the death of...
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David Gregory (mathematician) (category Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford)
influential uncle before him, studied at Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College (University of Aberdeen), from 1671 to 1675. The Gregorys were Jacobites...
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was elected professor of mathematics in a ten-day competition at Marischal College and University in Aberdeen. This record as the world's youngest professor...
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Robert Gordon (philanthropist) (category Founders of Scottish schools and colleges)
merchant's trade in the town. During the next few years he attended Marischal College, graduating in 1689. Soon after graduating, he left Aberdeen, travelling...
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Principal of the University of Aberdeen (category Lists of university and college leaders)
two existing ancient universities in Aberdeen, King's College (est. 1495) and Marischal College (est. 1593) in 1860. 1865—76 The Very Reverend Peter Colin...
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Architecture of Aberdeen (section Marischal College)
Majesty's Theatre by Frank Matcham, 1906, stands at the east end. Marischal College and Greyfriars Kirk on Broad Street, opened by King Edward VII in...
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