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Great Aberdonians

GREAT ABERDONIANS

A Public Lecture Series Organised by

The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies
University of Aberdeen

and

Aberdeen City Council

ACC

All talks will be held at the Town and County Hall
Town House, Union Street, Aberdeen

Talks begin at 7.30pm

 

 

Forthcoming

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9 January 2013
Professor Jane Geddes

Bishop William Elphinstone (1431-1514)

Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen
and founder of the University of Aberdeen

 

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13 February 2013
Dr Andrew Mackillop

John Forbes of Newe (1743-1821)

‘Bombay Jock’, merchant adventurer of the early
British Empire.

 

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13 March 2013
Professor Andrew Blaikie

William Alexander (1826-94)

Journalist and Radical Liberal

 

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10 April 2013
Dr Tim Baker

Ian Macpherson (1905-1944)

Scottish Novelist

 

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Previous

 

14 November 2012
Dr Jackson Armstrong

John Barbour (c.1330–1395)


Archdeacon of Aberdeen, historian, 
and author of the epic Scots poem "The Bruce"

 

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2 May 2012
Dr John Morrison

George Reid (1841-1913)

President of the Royal Scottish Academy
and Pioneer of Realism in Britain

 

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4 April 2012
Professor Marjory Harper

James MacAndrew (1819-1887)

Superintendent of the Province of Otago

 

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7 March 2012
Dr Andrew Dilley

Donald Smith of Forres, later Lord Strathcona (1820-1914)

Hudson Bay Company Entrepreneur
and Canadian High Commissioner

 

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1 February 2012
Dr Michael Brown

Professor James Beattie (1735-1803)

Moral Philosopher and Poet

 

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7 December 2011
Professor Robert Frost

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699)

General of Imperial Russian Army

and Robert Gordon (1668-1731)

Gdansk Merchant
and Founder of Robert Gordon University

 

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2 November 2011
Professor William Naphy

Duncan Liddel (1561-1613)

Astronomer and Medic

NB: This talk will be preceded by a reception, from 7.00

 

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