James Douglas, a banker in the Commercial Bank of Scotland and his wife, Martha Brook, grand-niece of Sir William Fettes, bart., the founder of Fettes College...
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American landscape artist Aaron Douglas (1898–1979), American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator William Fettes Douglas (1822–1891), Scottish painter...
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Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822–1881), Scottish painter Billy Douglas (musician) (1912–1978), American jazz trumpeter and vocalist Bill Douglas (1934–1991)...
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The Alchemist by William Fettes Douglas (1853): studying for arcane knowledge...
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to national fame and recognition. The founding members were William Fettes Douglas, William Crawford, Thomas Faed, John Faed, James Archer and John Ballantyne...
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(1898–1982), painter William Crozier (1893–1930), landscape painter Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter and teacher Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822–1891)...
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His eldest brother was William Fettes Douglas. His father was an accountant with the Commercial Bank of Scotland. Charlie Douglas was educated at the Royal...
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Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France The Alchemist, by William Fettes Douglas, 1853, oil on canvas, Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Empress...
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Portrait of the antiquary David Laing, by William Fettes Douglas, with the Stirling Heads thought to depict James V and Margaret Tudor...
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King Street in Edinburgh's Second New town. In 1848, together with William Fettes Douglas, Thomas Faed, John Faed, James Archer and John Ballantyne, he was...
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Former pupils of Fettes College in Edinburgh are known in some circles as Old Fettesians. They sometimes refer to themselves as "OFs" and can use the post...
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1882–1891: Sir William Fettes Douglas 1876–1882: Sir Daniel Macnee 1864–1876: Sir George Harvey 1850–1864: Sir John Watson Gordon 1837–1850: Sir William Allan...
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was a Scottish antiquary. Laing was born on 20 April 1793, the son of William Laing (1761–1831), a bookseller in Edinburgh, and his wife Helen Kirk....
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of Bute, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Sir Joseph Noel Paton, Sir William Fettes Douglas, Prof William Turner, Robert Cochran-Patrick, Robert Rowand Anderson, Sir...
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Victoria, succeeding Sir Edwin Landseer. In 1882 he replaced Sir William Fettes Douglas as Curator of the National Gallery of Scotland. At this time he...
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Edinburgh he was a member of the Edinburgh Smashers Club alongside William Fettes Douglas. Three of his pictures, The Silken Gown, Faults on Both Sides, and...
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College, Toronto Francis Brown Douglas FRSE DL (1814–1885), Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1859–62 Sir William Fettes Douglas (1822–1891), PRSA artist Bishop...
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Fishers (1857) The Approach of the Enemy (1859) Portrait of Sir William Fettes Douglas (1862) Royal Scottish Academy Renewal of the Lease Refused (1863)...
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Jeffrey, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, David Laing, Henry Raeburn, and William Fettes Douglas. He was a very early member of the Bannatyne Club in 1823, a Scottish...
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was born on 14 April 1880 to Violet and William Jamieson, a merchant. Educated at Cargilfield School, Fettes College, the University of Glasgow and the...
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Beck, U.S. Senator (died 1890 in the United States) 12 March – William Fettes Douglas, painter (died 1891) 22 March – Jane Miller Thengberg, pioneer of...
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Larbert 1800 Sir William Fettes 1802 Neil McVicar 1804 Sir William Fettes 1808 Donald Smith 1808 William Coulter 1810 William Calder 1811 William Creech 1814...
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William Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a British poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto. Auld was...
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retired, he was asked to fill in for absent masters teaching Maths at both Fettes College and Edinburgh Academy. He died on 6 February 1931, aged 81. Over...
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King William's College (nicknamed KWC or King Bill's; Manx: Colleish Ree Illiam) is a co-educational private school for pupils aged 3 to 18, located near...
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(Calton Hill) standing to the right, is fittingly appropriate. Sir William Fettes (1750–1836), a former merchant on the High Street, served as Lord Provost...
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of the Rev. William Macpherson, was born in 1858 at the Manse of Kilmuir Easter in Ross-shire, Scotland. He received his education at Fettes College, Edinburgh...
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Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2009. Fettes, Mark; Norton, Ruth (2001). "Voices of Winter: Aboriginal Languages and...
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Yearbook included Loretto School (1827), Glenalmond College (1847) and Fettes College (1870). In Ireland, of the Royal Schools, The Royal School, Armagh...
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Rockville, MD (eliminated after the dessert) Natalie Jacocks, Line Chef, Fette Sau, New York, NY (winner) Notes: This was a leftovers competition. 127...
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