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image copyright Rachel Windsor
Named for Thomas Guthrie, founded of the City’s Ragged Schools, this street was the birthplace of Sir Walter Scott, when the street was known as College Wynd.
The image shows Thomas Guthrie, and was first published in Edinburgh Old and New by James Grant.
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Links:
Works of Thomas Guthrie - Newble
Thomas Guthrie - Spartacus
Scotland's People - Guthrie's Will
Rev Thomas Guthrie's Plea for Ragged Schools in the History of Edinburgh by John Anderson 1858
Ragged Schools - Informal Education and Lifelong Learning
Hidden Lives Revealed - the Ragged Schools
The Ragged Schools - Spartacus
Reference Library:
Read works by Thomas Guthrie in the Edinburgh Reference Libary