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Aberdeen has a higher proportion of students of 11.5%, higher than the national average of 7%. [135] The University of Aberdeen began as King's College, Aberdeen, which was founded in 1495 [134] by William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland.
Aberdeen's medieval council registers (then known as "common books") [6] survive from 1398 onwards and are exceptional for their quantity and continuity among surviving Scottish burgh records. The earliest eight volumes, from 1398 to 1511, have been included in the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register , and have been edited in a digital edition.
Aberdeen's second League title was won in 1979–80, and this initial success was built on, with Scottish Cup wins in three successive seasons from 1982 to 1984, two more league titles in 1983–84 and 1984–85, alongside becoming only the third Scottish side to win a European trophy, with the European Cup Winners' Cup victory over Real Madrid ...
The population density of Aberdeen is 2,819 persons per square mile (1,088 persons/km 2). [7] Data from the Aberdeen specific locality of the 2001 UK census shows that the demographics include a median male age of 35 and female age of 38 which are younger than Scotland's average and a 49% to 51% male to female ratio. [5]
The city of Aberdeen, Scotland, contains a number of areas and suburbs, some of which are historically separate settlements that have been absorbed by the expanding city. Airyhall Altens
Old Aberdeen is part of Aberdeen in Scotland. Old Aberdeen was originally a separate burgh , which was erected into a burgh of barony on 26 December 1489. It was incorporated into adjacent Aberdeen by Act of Parliament in 1891.
The Gordon Highlanders Museum tells the story of one of Scotland's best known regiments. [4] The Marischal Museum holds the principal collections of the University of Aberdeen, comprising some 80,000 items in the areas of fine art, Scottish history and archaeology, and European, Mediterranean and Near Eastern archaeology. The museum is open to ...
Aberdeen Football Club was founded in 1903. Its major success was winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 and three Scottish Football League Premier Division titles between 1980 and 1986, under the future Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.