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Burgess, James John Haldane (1862-1927: writer)

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James John Haldane Burgess was born on 28 May 1862 in Lerwick, the son of John Burgess. He was educated at the Anderson Institute and won the Glasgow Bursary Competition in 1881. He worked as head teacher in Bressay before embarking upon a degree in Divinity at the University of Edinburgh in 1886 . Despite the onset of blindness, he attained an MA degree in 1889 after sitting oral examinations. Due to his disagreement with certain church doctrines, Haldane Burgess rejected a career as a church m...

University of Edinburgh.

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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...

Burgess, J.J. Haldane (James John Haldane), 1862-1927

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