EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
   founded in 1583; was the last of the Scotch Universities to receive its charter; was raised to an equal status with the others in 1621; its site was the famous Kirk o'Field, the scene of the Darnley tragedy; now consists of two separate buildings, one entirely devoted to medicine, and the other to arts and training in other departments; has an average matriculation roll of about 3000.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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