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From: Anne Allan <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Aberdeen University graduate
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:14:47 +0100
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>> 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?
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> If I recall correctly, there were also universities in other Scottish
> cities, not only Aberdeen (pre-1832).
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Not only cities - a University was founded in the town of Fraserburgh
around the time it gained its Royal Charter in 1592. . While it
attracted a sizeable number of students, it operated for only around 10
years.

Anne


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