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Date 1451 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni William Thomson, Baron Kelvin ā€¢ Adam Smith ā€¢ Nicola Sturgeon ā€¢ Humza Yousaf ā€¢ Sir William Ramsay ā€¢ Gerard Butler ā€¢ Vince Cable ā€¢ John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns ā€¢ John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns ā€¢ John Cairncross ā€¢ Menzies Campbell ā€¢ Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker ā€¢ David W.C. MacMillan ā€¢ Colin Maclaurin ā€¢ Jocelyn Bell Burnell ā€¢ Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara ā€¢ Helen Clark MacInnes ā€¢ John Logie Baird

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