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Where did Thomas Carlyle attend school before entering the University of Edinburgh?
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Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1877; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Before entering the University of Edinburgh in 1809, Thomas Carlyle attended the village school at Ecclefechan and subsequently the Annan Academy, where he reportedly experienced bullying.1