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John Russell WS (1550–1613) was a Scottish lawyer and author, who acted at the 16c witch trials. Russell's family connections are unclear, but he was probably a relative of the cloth merchant and Edinburgh City Treasurer, Mungo Russell. [1] The kirk minister the Revd John Row lodged with John Russell in Edinburgh as a student. Russell's wife ...
The Russell Collection is a substantial collection of early keyboard instruments assembled by the British harpsichordist and organologist Raymond Russell. It forms part of the Musical Instrument Museums collection of the University of Edinburgh , and is housed in St Cecilia's Hall .
Looking down on the Edinburgh City bypass. The aqueduct was opened in May 1986 to carry the canal over the new Edinburgh City Bypass. [1] [2] This required a great deal of faith in the future of the canal, which culminated with the Millennium Link project when the Union Canal was connected with the Forth and Clyde Canal to form a coast to coast link. [3]
John Scott Russell (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Instruments form Russell's collection in St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh Raymond Anthony Russell , FSA FRHistS , (27 May 1922 – 17 March 1964) was a British organologist and antiquarian . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was an expert on early keyboard instruments, and assembled an important collection which now forms the Raymond Russell Collection of Early ...
The grave of Alexander James Russell, Dean Cemetery. He was born at 101 George Street in Edinburgh on 21 June 1814, the son of John Russell FRSE Writer to the Signet. [1] He was apprenticed to his father as a lawyer and qualified as a Writer too the Signet in 1837.
The grave of Sir James Russell, Dean Cemetery. Sir James Alexander Russell FRSE FRCPE (6 April 1846 in Glassellan House, Skye – 22 January 1918 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish physician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1891–94). He was a pioneer in the development of public health services. [1]
Russel was born on 10 December 1814 in Edinburgh; his father, a solicitor and a liberal in politics, died when he was still very young, whilst his mother, a daughter of John Somerville, clerk in the jury court, survived until Alexander was 50. After attending the classical school kept by the Rev. Ross Kennedy in St. James Square, Edinburgh, he ...