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Arthur's Seat [r]: The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh. ^[e]
Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse [r]: An official residence of the monarch, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^[e]
John Knox House [r]: 15th century town house in Edinburgh, it displays exhibits about John Knox. ^[e]
Greyfriars Bobby [r]: Nineteenth-century Syke Terrier in Edinburgh, Scotland who became famous for keeping vigil by his master's grave every day (barring extreme weather) for fourteen years. ^[e]
Greyfriars Kirk [r]: Now 'Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk', is a parish kirk (church) of the Church of Scotland and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Edinburgh outside the Old Town, built between 1602 and c.1620. ^[e]
Scottish Parliament [r]: Legislative body of Scotland, having authority over many aspects of Scottish political life including Health and Education; re-created by the Act of Devolution 1997. ^[e]
The Forth Bridge [r]: Cantilever railway bridge, built in 1883-1890, that connects Edinburgh to Fife ^[e]
Royal Mile [r]: The streets in Edinburgh's Old Town that run from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. ^[e]
University of Edinburgh [r]: Founded in 1582, one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. ^[e]
Auld Reekie [r]: Old nickname for Edinburgh, Scotland, meaning old smokey. ^[e]

Thomas Aikenhead [r]: The last person to be executed for blasphemy in the UK. ^[e]
John Knox [r]: Scottish clergyman (1514-1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation and founder of Scottish Presbyterianism. ^[e]
William Brodie [r]: (1741 - 1788) Respectable Edinburgh citizen who led a gang of burglars and died on a gallows that he himself had designed. ^[e]
Mary, Queen of Scots [r]: (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1857) Mary Stuart (or Stewart), Queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60); forced to flee to England after a rebellion among Scottish nobles, she was finally beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne. ^[e]
Helen Duncan [r]: (1897 – 1956), a Scottish medium who became the last person to be imprisoned in the United Kingdom under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. ^[e]
Thomas Muir [r]: (1765 – 1799) Scottish political reformer, and the most notable victim of political repression in the years after the French Revolution. ^[e]

Poets

Thomas Blacklock [r]: (1721 - 1791) The"blind poet", an early supporter of Robert Burns. ^[e]
William McGonagall [r]: (1825-1902) Scotland's (and possibly the world's) worst poet. ^[e]
Robert Fergusson [r]: (1750 - 1774) Scottish poet whose verse inspired Robert Burns. ^[e]
Allan Ramsay (1686–1758) [r]: Poet who wrote mainly in the Scots vernacular, and is best known for his pastoral verse-play "The Gentle Shepherd". ^[e]
Robert Burns [r]: The National poet of Scotland (1759-96); writer of Auld Lang Syne. ^[e]

Writers

James Tytler [r]: (1745-1804) notably feckless and debt ridden Scottish writer, who was the first Briton to travel in a hot-air balloon, ^[e]
John Home [r]: (1722–1808) Scottish poet and dramatist. ^[e]
Sir Walter Scott [r]: (1771 – 1832) Scottish historical novelist popular throughout Europe in his lifetime; his novels include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, 'and The Heart of Midlothian. ^[e]
Arthur Conan-Doyle [r]: Add brief definition or description
JK Rowling [r]: Add brief definition or description
Alexander McCall-Smith [r]: Add brief definition or description
Ian Rankin [r]: Add brief definition or description
Robert Louis Stevenson [r]: Add brief definition or description

Artists

Academics and Scientists

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