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Bathgate Academy
Bathgate Academy is a mixed secondary school in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, also serving the nearby town of Blackburn. History Established by the will of John Newland (a Jamaican-plantation slave owner) in 1799, the school was originally located on Marjoribanks Street; its main building dates from 1833 and was designed by R & R Dickson. In 1965, the Academy merged with Lindsay High School and moved fully to a new campus further east at Boghall two years later. The existing Lindsay High building on Kirk Road was taken over by the local Catholic school, St Mary's Academy, which already had its own buildings next door – all were demolished in 1994. From 1970 to 1988, the rector (headteacher) was Ian McGregor. The original Academy building was taken over by West Lothian College (originally Bathgate Technological College) in the 1960s when the secondary school moved to its current location – it was also used as annexe to Balbardie Primary School in the 1960s and 70s. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathgate
Bathgate ( sco, Bathket or , gd, Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Situated south of the ancient Neolithic burial site at Cairnpapple Hill, Bathgate and the surrounding area show signs of habitation since about 3500 BC and the world's oldest known reptile fossil has been found in the town. By the 12th century, Bathgate was a small settlement, with a church at Kirkton and a castle south of the present day town centre. Local mines were established in the 17th century but the town remained small in size until the coming of the industrial revolution. By the Victorian era, Bathgate grew in prominence as an industrial and mining centre, principally associated with the coal and shale oil industries. By the early 20th century, much of the mining and heavy industry around the town had ceased and the town developed manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divinity (academic Discipline)
Divinity is the study of Christian theology and ministry at a school, divinity school, university, or seminary. The term is sometimes a synonym for theology as an academic, speculative pursuit, and sometimes is used for the study of applied theology and ministry to make a distinction between that and academic theology. While it most often refers to Christian study which is linked with the professional degrees for ordained ministry or related work, it is also used in an academic setting by other faith traditions. For example, in many traditional British public schools and universities, the term is often used in place of Religious Studies, which deals with religion more broadly, to describe classes that include theology and philosophy in the context of religion as a whole, rather than just the Christian tradition. Areas and specializations Divinity can be divided into several distinct but related disciplines. These vary, sometimes widely, from church to church and from one f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lyell Mitchell
Dr Robert Lyell Mitchell FRSE FRSC (3 June 1910 – 7 February 1982) was a 20th-century Scottish chemist and mountaineer. He was an expert on trace elements in soil and their effect on grazing animals, and served as the Director of the Macaulay Institute for Soil Science. He was simply called Bob Mitchell. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 3 June 1910 the son of David Hay Lyell Mitchell, an engineer based at Bangour Hospital. He was educated at Bathgate Academy then studied sciene at the University of Edinburgh graduating with a BSc in 1931. He undertook postgraduate studies in chemistry first at the University of Aberdeen gaining a PhD in 1934, and then the Technische Hochschule in Zurich in Switzerland, where he developed a passion for alpine climbing. In 1937 he became Head of Spectrochemistry at the Macaulay Institute and in 1968 was promoted to be its Director. In 1955 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Donald McArthur, Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provost Of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by City_of_Edinburgh_Council, the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. It is the equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries. While some of Scotland's subdivisions of Scotland, local authorities elect a Provost (civil), Provost, only the four main cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen and Dundee, Scotland, Dundee) have a Lord Provost. In Edinburgh this position dates from 1667, when Charles II of England, Charles II elevated the Provost to the status of Lord Provost, with the same rank and precedence as the Lord Mayor of London. The title of Lord Provost is enshrined in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. Roles and Traditions Prior to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kane (Lord Provost)
Jack Kane (1 April 1911 – 10 October 1999) was a Scottish politician and social campaigner who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1972 to 1975. He was Edinburgh's first Labour Lord Provost. Life He was born on 1 April 1911 in Addiewell in West Lothian, the youngest of three brothers in a coal-mining family. The family moved to Stoneyburn, He was educated at Bathgate Academy.The Sunday Herald, obituary, 16 October 1999 The family then moved to Niddrie Mains in south Edinburgh. From 1936 he worked as a librarian. In 1938 he served his first role as a town councillor, representing Liberton. In the Second World War he served in the Royal Artillery. After the war he represented Craigmillar. In 1962 he helped the parents of Peffermill Primary School found the Craigmillar Festival Society. In 1969 he received an OBE for his services to the local community. In May 1972 he was elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh, succeeding Sir James Wilson McKay. In 1974 owing to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stark (diplomat)
Sir Andrew Alexander Steel Stark (30 December 1916 – 3 April 2006) was a British diplomat. Early life and military service He was educated at Bathgate Academy and the University of Edinburgh. This included a semester at the University of Heidelberg studying German. He then worked as an English teacher in Edinburgh between 1937 and 1939. After training with the 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit, Stark commissioned into the Green Howards on 9 November 1940. He served throughout the Second World War, latterly on the staff of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a German-speaking intelligence officer having transferred to the Intelligence Corps. In 1944 he married Rosemary Parker and together they had three sons. In 1948 he was demobilised and joined HM Diplomatic Service. Diplomatic career Stark worked as Assistant Private Secretary to Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, from 1953 to 1955. He then held diplomatic posts in Vienna, Belgrade, Rome and Bonn. He was invested as a Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
