Thomas Aikenhead (bapt. 28 March 1676 – 8 January 1697) was a Scottish student from Edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20 on a charge...
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surname Aikenhead include: Arlene Aikenhead, Canadian Paralympic equestrian Mary Aikenhead (1787–1858), Roman Catholic nun Thomas Aikenhead (1676–1697)...
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by death. The last person hanged for blasphemy in Great Britain was Thomas Aikenhead aged 20, in Scotland in 1697. He was prosecuted for denying the veracity...
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penalty; the General Assembly once called for the "vigorous execution" of Thomas Aikenhead, who was found guilty of blasphemy in 1696. Nowadays, the church strongly...
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and heretics, and made blasphemy a capital crime.[citation needed] Thomas Aikenhead, the son of a surgeon in the city, aged 18, was indicted for blasphemy...
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(still at that date an entirely independent kingdom) when in 1697 Thomas Aikenhead was accused, among other things, of denying the doctrine of the Trinity...
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Reekie—you may see the smoke hover over her at twenty miles' distance". In 1898, Thomas Carlyle comments on the phenomenon: "Smoke cloud hangs over old Edinburgh...
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have sat by the grave for 14 years. He died in 1872 and a necropsy by Prof Thomas Walley of the Edinburgh Veterinary College concluded he had died from cancer...
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I Am Thomas: A Brutal Comedy with Songs is a play based around the death of Thomas Aikenhead, the last person to be hanged for blasphemy in Britain. The...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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Scottish Secular Society (section Aikenhead Award)
spanning as far back as the 17th century to the likes of Scottish student Thomas Aikenhead, who was hanged for his criticism of religion and theology, and famously...
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Stevenson, David Watson Stevenson, John Hutchison, George Anderson Lawson, Thomas Stuart Burnett, William Shirreffs, Andrew Currie, George Clark Stanton,...
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June 1560. Gordon Donaldson, A Source Book of Scottish History, vol. 2 (Thomas Nelson, 1953), pp. 171–172, from Foedera, vol. 15, 593–597. Susan Doran...
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record and her diary is an insight into the Tron's history. In 1697, Thomas Aikenhead, an 18-year-old student, became the last person in Scotland to be executed...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain...
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in 1326 John II, appears in charters of 1338 Bartholomew, abbot in 1342 Thomas, abbot at the ransom of King David II in 1346 and oversaw his funeral in...
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burned at the stake Isaac Newton, 1642–1726/27 John Biddle, 1662 Thomas Aikenhead, 1697, last person to be hanged for blasphemy in Britain John Locke...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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Institution building in 1912, the Office of Works Architect for Scotland, William Thomas Oldrieve remodelled the NGS interior to house the National Gallery collection...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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the Company of Scotland devises the Darien Scheme 1697: Execution of Thomas Aikenhead for blasphemy 1698: Five ships set sail from Leith on 14 July to found...
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pp. 85-97 Scott, Walter. The Abbot. Retrieved 11 August 2011. Carlyle, Thomas. Historical Sketches... pp. 304–305. Retrieved 11 August 2011. Grant, James...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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brought to Scotland his master builders of the Welsh castles, including Thomas de Houghton and Master Walter of Hereford, both of whom travelled from Wales...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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The Anatomist (1930) by James Bridie. The Doctor and the Devils by Dylan Thomas. On radio: "The Anatomist" (1937) by Bridie; based on his own play. On film:...
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did not lead to any prosecution. In 1696, a Scottish court sentenced Thomas Aikenhead to death for blasphemy. The last prosecution for blasphemy in Scotland...
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Town Robert Adam James Craig Church of Scotland Disruption of 1843 Thomas Aikenhead Deacon Brodie North British Railway Visit of King George IV Sir Walter...
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