Black plaque № 40911

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

George Heriot's School. Founded as a hospital school in 1628 in imitation of Christ's Hospital in London and in compliance with the will of George Heriot (1563 - 1624), a goldsmith and jeweller at the court of King James the sixth and first. From 1886 a day school for boys, and since 1979 for both b

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