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The persecution of accused witches in Aberdeen began during the Aberdeen witch trials of 1596–1597 when forty-five women and two men were accused of the offence in the city with 22 women and one man executed for having been found guilty of being witches. [1][2] For Professor Julian Goodare, " The records of trials for witchcraft in ...
King's College Hospital. Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Known for. pioneering nursing and hospital management. Parent (s) Jane Forbes and Clements Lumsden. Rachel Frances Lumsden (17 April 1835 – 22 April 1908) was a British nurse, and hospital manager. [1]
He was born around 1692/3 the second son of Alexander Lumsden schoolmaster at Chapel of Garioch living at Auchinleck near New Deer. [1] In July 1721 he was ordained as minister of Keithhall in place of Francis Dauney. In 1727 he was translated to Banchory. In 1735 he moved to be Professor of Divinity at King's College, Aberdeen holding this ...
Matthew Lumsden (1777–1835) was a Scottish orientalist. He was educated at King's College, Aberdeen , Scotland , and held a professorship of Persian and Arabic at the College of Fort William , India .
Clova was merged ultimately into the Anglo-Norman system when Pope Adrian IV assigned Mortlach—along with the churches and monastery at Clova—to the See of Aberdeen in 1157. [ 13 ] One hint that the religious work of Clova survived into the thirteenth century is the notation that Gilbert de Stirling , bishop of Aberdeen , recovered Clova ...
Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen (Scots: Coontie o Aiberdeen, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is a historic county in Scotland. The county gives its name to the modern Aberdeenshire council area, which covers a larger area than the historic county.
87 Waterloo Quay And 1 Wellington Street. 57°08′43″N 2°04′52″W. / 57.145305°N 2.08109°W / 57.145305; -2.08109 ( 87 Waterloo Quay And 1 Wellington Street) Category B. 20594. Upload Photo. Wrights' And Coopers' Place, (Houses 1 And 2; Old Numbers 1, 3 And 82 High Street) Old Aberdeen.
Henry John Burnett. HM Prison Aberdeen (formerly known as Craiginches) was a medium-security prison, located in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The prison was managed by the Scottish Prison Service. Known as one of the most overcrowded prisons in Scotland, it had a design capacity of 155 and was contracted to hold up to 230 prisoners.