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{{Short description|Memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
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The '''Dugald Stewart Monument''' is a memorial to the Scottish philosopher [[Dugald Stewart]] (1753–1828). It is situated on [[Calton Hill, Edinburgh|Calton Hill]] overlooking the city of [[Edinburgh]] and was designed by Scottish architect [[William Henry Playfair]].

== Background ==
Dugald Stewart was a professor at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and a key figure during the [[Scottish Enlightenment]], holding the chair of [[moral philosophy]] from 1786 until he died in 1828. The [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] commissioned the monument and selected its site in 1830.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200365173-edinburgh-calton-hill-dugald-stewarts-monument-edinburgh#.WkQUz1SFhE4|title=Edinburgh, Calton Hill, Dugald Stewart's Monument|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=2017-12-27}}</ref> It was completed in September 1831,<ref name=":0">{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB27835|desc=Calton Hill, off Regent Road, Dugald Stewart's Monument|cat=A|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA|num=116623|num2=NT27SE 1264|desc=Edinburgh, Calton Hill, Dugald Stewart's Monument|fewer-links=yes|access-date=2025-06-23}}</ref> and is a category A [[listed building]] as of 19 April 1966.

Playfair's design is based on the [[Choragic Monument of Lysicrates]] in [[Athens]], Greece, and is a circular temple of nine fluted [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] columns around an elevated urn, on a circular podium. This example of the [[architecture of ancient Greece]] had been brought to wider attention by [[James "Athenian" Stuart]] and [[Nicholas Revett]]'s illustrated survey, ''The Antiquities of Athens'', published in 1762. The choragic form was also used for the nearby contemporaneous [[Robert Burns]] [[Thomas Hamilton (architect)#Burns Monuments (Edinburgh and Alloway)|Monument]], designed by [[Thomas Hamilton (architect)|Thomas Hamilton]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Playfair also designed the nearby [[National Monument of Scotland]] (with [[Charles Robert Cockerell]]) and was also responsible for the thoroughfare that encircles Calton Hill on three sides, comprising [[Royal Terrace, Edinburgh|Royal Terrace]], [[Carlton Terrace, Edinburgh|Carlton Terrace]] and [[Regent Terrace]].

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[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1831]]
[[Category:Calton Hill]]
[[Category:Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh]]
[[Category:1831 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Edinburgh]]


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