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  2. National Museum of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    In 1985 the museum was renamed the Royal Museum of Scotland, and its administration came under the newly formed National Museums Scotland, along with the Museum of Antiquities which in 1998 moved to a new building constructed as an extension to the Royal Museum at the west end of Chambers Street. [47]

  3. Chambers Street, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the southern extremity of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the Edinburgh Improvement Act (1867) which led to its creation in 1870. A narrow lane named North College Street and three ...

  4. National Museums Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Scotland, comprising two linked museums on Chambers Street, in the Old Town of Edinburgh: The Museum of Scotland - concerned with the history and people of Scotland; The Royal Museum - a general museum encompassing global geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art

  5. William Chambers (publisher) - Wikipedia

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    Engraving of William Chambers c. 1845 Memorial to William Chambers, Peebles Cemetery 47 Broughton Street, Edinburgh – formerly William Chambers' bookshop John Rhind's statue of William Chambers on Chambers St, Edinburgh. William Chambers of Glenormiston FRSE (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ m b É™r z /; 16 April 1800 [1] – 20 May 1883) was a Scottish ...

  6. Old Town, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    Blackfriars Street was created by the widening of Blackfriars Wynd, removing all the buildings on the east side. Chambers Street was created, replacing N College Street and removing Brown Square (west) and Adam Square (east). It was named after the then Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir William Chambers, and his statue placed at its centre.

  7. William Henry Playfair - Wikipedia

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    Playfair's townhouse at 17 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh Playfair's grave in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh Statue of William Henry Playfair, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.

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