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Essential Edinburgh City Tours
Edinburgh - Living City Education Pack
Visit:
Places of Interest
Shops, Pubs & Hotels
Streets
Community & Education
Churches
People
Architecture
Statues & Public Works of Art
Explore:
Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Mile
Princes Street
The New Town
The Water of Leith
Dean
Stockbridge
Canonmills
Broughton
Inverleith
Newhaven
Leith
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The Royal Society on George Street was founded in 1783 under a Royal Charter for education and the advancement of knowledge. On the street in front of the building is a statue of George IV.
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Links:
The Royal Society of Edinburgh - Official Website
The Royal Society of Edinburgh in the New Statistical Account of Scotland
The Royal Society of Edinburgh in the Edinburgh Almanac
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Also on George Street:
British Linen Bank
Thomas Chalmers
Church of Scotland
Freemasons Hall
William Pitt
Royal Society of Edinburgh
St Andrew and St George
William Pitt