Material relating to the Outlook Tower Current Events Club, Outlook Tower, Edinburgh 1895-1914

Outlook Tower Current Events Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Outlook Tower (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Geddes, Patrick, Sir, 1854-1932

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Resident of Battle Creek, MI. From the description of Letters, 1853-1858. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 31944977 Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) was a biologist, sociologist and town planner with a strong interest in education, the arts, history and many other subjects. He believed strongly in the inter-relationships between all branches of knowledge. Geddes grew up and was educated in Scotland, and studied biology in London. After a professional career as ...

Outlook Tower Current Events Club

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The Outlook Tower is situated on Edinburgh's Castlehill (Castle Hill), high on a ridge between Lawnmarket and the Castle Esplanade, at the top of the Royal Mile in the Old Town. The building was formerly a town mansion, with its bottom storeys dating from the 17th century and its castellated upper storeys being added in 1853 when it was reconstructed as Short's Observatory - probably by David Rhind (1801-1883). From that date, it housed a Camera Obscura on the uppermost level. ...