Marischal College (/ˈmɑːrʃl/ MAR-shəl) is a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and since 2011 has...
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title of Earl Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland. The office of Marischal of Scotland (or...
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currently constituted was formed in 1860 by a merger between King's College and Marischal College, a second university founded in 1593 as a Protestant alternative...
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Aberdeen (section Universities and colleges)
King's College, Aberdeen, which was founded in 1495 by William Elphinstone (1431–1514), Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland. Marischal College, a...
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James Clerk Maxwell (category Academics of King's College London)
life as "one of unexampled devotion". In 1860 Marischal College merged with the neighbouring King's College to form the University of Aberdeen. There was...
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(1581–1652) was a Scottish scholar who was principal of Marischal College from 1621 to 1649. Marischal College is now part of the University of Aberdeen. He was...
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Ancient universities of Scotland (category Lists of universities and colleges in the United Kingdom)
King's College, after its royal founder James IV. A separate university (Marischal College) was founded in 1593. In 1860, King's merged with Marischal College...
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Fraserburgh University (category Defunct universities and colleges in Scotland)
churches. It is likely that Earl Marischal's personal rivalry with Fraser resulted in him founding Marischal College in Aberdeen. The university was confirmed...
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the college and supportive of the reforming ideas of Peter Ramus. In April 1593 Keith founded a second university in the city, Marischal College. Initially...
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Aberdeen, King's College (est. 1495) and Marischal College (est. 1593) in 1860. Prior to the merge, there were 23 Chancellors of King's College, the majority...
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