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Edinburgh Collegiate School was located at 27/28
Charlotte Square file:Charlotte Square - geograph.org.uk - 105918.jpg, 300px, Robert Adam's palace-fronted north side Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, Edinburgh, New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...
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Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
. The school was established in 1868.


Notable former pupils

* Thomas Hastie Bryce (1862–1946), anatomist, medical author and archaeologist * W. K. Burton (1856–1899), engineer, photographer and photography writer, who lived most of his career in Meiji period Japan * Henry Cowan (1862–1932), Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) 1906–22, Unionist MP 1923–29 *
William James Cullen, Lord Cullen William James Cullen, Lord Cullen (9 September 1859 – 19 June 1941) was a Scottish judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice. Cullen was born and raised in Edinburgh. He trained as a solicitor before becoming an advocate and s ...
(1859–1941), lawyer and judge, Sheriff of Fife and Kinross, Senator of the College of Justice * Sir Frederick Gebbie (1871–1939), British civil engineer in India * Archibald Alexander Gordon (1867–1949), British soldier who served as attaché to the Military Household of King Albert I of Belgium during World War I * Field Marshal
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until t ...
(1861–1928), British senior officer during the First World War * Henry Halcro Johnston (1856–1939), Scottish botanist, physician, rugby union international * Alfred Edward Moffat (1863–1950), Scottish musician, composer and collector of music * Sir James Thorburn (1864–1929), British colonial Governor of the Gold Coast 1910–12


References

{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1868 1868 establishments in Scotland Defunct private schools in Edinburgh