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The first Edinburgh Review was a short-lived venture initiated in 1755 by the Select Society, a group of Scottish men of letters concerned with the Enlightenment goals of social and intellectual improvement. According to the preface of the inaugural issue, the journal's purpose was to "demonstrate 'the progressive state of learning in this ...
Alexander Morrison first taught in Scottish institutions in Moray, Scotland, and later at the Elgin Academy, King's College, and the University of Aberdeen. [2] [3] He began teaching at Elgin Academy three years after graduating, [3] later becoming rector of St John's Grammar School, Hamilton for three years. [3]
Returning briefly to England, he taught at Kent College, Canterbury and Sherborne School, before emigrating to Australia in 1962 to become headmaster of Scotch College, Adelaide, [1] [3] travelling on the SS Oronsay. [4] In retirement, Lord Fisher (as Geoffrey Fisher was by then) lived for a time with his son in Adelaide. [5]
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Watson was born at Tarcutta, New South Wales, the son of Sydney Grandison Watson, a retired naval officer who became a squatter on the upper Murray. [1] He was educated at a national school in Sydney and then Scotch College, Melbourne 1861–67, where he was a champion light-weight boxer.
A teacher, Johnston has taught at Scotch College, Melbourne since 1991, and is currently Head of History, Politics and Philosophy. [1] [3] Bibliography
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Statue at the Melbourne Cricket Ground of Tom Wills umpiring the earliest known football match between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar. The Cordner–Eggleston Cup is a retrospective award commemorating the historic school football rivalry between Melbourne Grammar School and the Scotch College which has been contested since 1858.