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Work Record ID:
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0041866
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Title:
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Skull of George Buchanan
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Date:
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16th Century
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Description:
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Born near Killearn, Stirlingshire, in 1506, George Buchanan, humanist, poet and reformer, studied and taught in several European universities. On his return to Scotland he lent his support to the reformers, often at grave personal risk. He accused the Queen of complicity in Darnley's murder and later wrote a tract against the divine right of monarchs. Following Mary's abdication, he was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland and spent 8 years as tutor to the young James VI to whom he proved a notoriously hard but effective task master. As the leading scholar among the Scots reformers and as tutor to the king in whose name it was founded, Buchanan has always been held in particular honour by the University. His skull was formerly on display in the University, but has been kept in the Anatomy Museum since 1817. It has been part of the University's collection pretty much since the beginning of its history. Thomas Morer saw the skull 300 years ago and reported then: 'Mr Adamson, Principal of the College, being a young man of 24 years of age when Buchanan was buried, either out of Curiosity or Respect for the Dead, brib'd the Sexton some time after to procure him the head." (A Short Account of Scotland, 1702). The skull, marked 'Buchanan', was found in Adamson's study after his death.
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Work Type:
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Object
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Repository:
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Object Lessons
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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162481684
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Repro Repository:
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Object Lessons
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Repro Old ID Number:
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ol0012
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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Repro Capture Date:
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02/08/2003 14:42:00
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