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From: "Trena" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Aberdeen University graduate
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:07:12 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Wren (genealogy)"
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Aberdeen University graduate


> Yes, and it is rumoured that there were riots in Aberdeen when the third
> English university was founded in 1832. Why should England have had more
> universities than Aberdeen?

If I recall correctly, there were also universities in other Scottish
cities, not only Aberdeen (pre-1832).

Toni
~ whose Scottish born mother always said Scotland had a higher standard of
education than England (my paternal side, though my Dad did have a Scottish
grandmother).

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