Rubislaw is an area of

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. It is located in the area between Queen's Road and King’s Gate, including Rubislaw Den North and South. It is close to Rubislaw Quarry and the Rubislaw Playing Fields used by

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. The buildings of the area are primarily

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or 1930s.

Attractions

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Museum * Johnston Gardens

Notable residents

*Prof Robert Douglas Lockhart

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LLD (1894-1987) Professor of Anatomy at

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. *Prof

Marcus Sachs Marcus Sachs (1812–1869) was a Polish Jew who emigrated to Scotland and became Professor of Hebrew at the Free Church Divinity Hall in Aberdeen (later known as Christ's College. Life He was born the son of an engineer in Inowroclaw in the ...

(1812-1869) Professor of Hebrew at

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Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church''

References

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