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Also Known As	Town’s College
Date	1583 - present
Notable Alumni	Alexander McCall Smith • Sir C. Wyville Thomson • J.M. Barrie • Julius Nyerere • John Swinney • Arthur Conan Doyle • Fraser Stoddart • Geoffrey Hinton • Richard Henderson • Chris Hoy • Benjamin Rush • Malcolm Rifkind • Ian Rankin • Thea Musgrave • Peter C. Doherty • Ian Frazer • Hugh Blair • Robert Edwards • Houston A. Baker, Jr. • James Martin Stagg • Holmes Rolston III • James Mirrlees • Vincent du Vigneaud • Sir John Richardson • Sir James Mackenzie • Sir David Brewster • Sir William Hodge • Guido Pontecorvo • Robert Stephenson • Sir William Edmond Logan • A.J.M. Smith • Sir John Kirk • John Rae • Sir James Dewar • Jennie Lee, baroness of Asheridge • Sir George Thomas Beilby • Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson • Sir Charles Bell • Richard Bright • John Wood Oman • Peter Mark Roget
Related People	Sir Robert Sibbald • Sir Edward Victor Appleton

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