John Watson's Institution

Template:Infobox school/short descriptionTemplate:Template other The John Watson's Institution was a school established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1762. The building was designed in the Greek Revival style in 1825 by architect William Burn, FRSE (1789–1870). Following the closure of the school in 1975,Template:Sfn the building was left vacated for a number of years before becoming home to Modern One of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

History

In 1762 John Watson, an Edinburgh solicitor and Writer to the Signet, left the residue of his estate for charitable purposes for children in the Edinburgh area.Template:Refn In 1975 the school was closed and in 1984 the organisation was changed by ParliamentTemplate:Sfn to the John Watson's Trust in order to distribute funds from the sale of its assets.Template:Sfn

The school magazine was known as The Levite.Template:Sfn

Headmasters

John Forbes, ll.d., d.d. (1840–)

John Forbes (1802–1899) became Headmaster, and Governor of John Watson's Institution around 1840. He was a son of Patrick Forbes (1776–1847), a minister in the of the Church of Scotland from 1829 to 1830 and a Professor of Humanities and Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen.Template:Sfn

John Langhorne (1897–1925)

John Langhorne was born at Tonbridge, Kent, in 1862. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. His first appointments were Queen Elizabeth's school, Dedham and Christ's College, Finchley. He moved to Edinburgh in 1890 and for seven years was master at Loretto School,Template:Sfn which had been founded by a distant relative, Thomas Langhorne. John Langhorne died whilst on a visit to Barnard Castle on 27 August 1925 and is buried there. He had been a member of the Association for Teachers in Secondary Schools (Scotland). After his death a bronze tablet was installed in his memory at the school.Template:Sfn He was the son of the Reverend John Langhorne and died without issue.

Alumni

• Marion Stevenson, missionary to Africa, and opponent of female genital mutilation.
• James Drummond Young, Lord Drummond Young, judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission.
• Oliver Shaw Rankin, Scottish scholar and theologian.

People

• James Dunsmure (1846–1907), served as Physician to the Institution in the late 19th Century.

Bibliography

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Note: Wallis was Deputy Headmistress and Housemistress of John Watson's School from 1955 to 1975.