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contribution by Boyd-Orr

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  In John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns
  …Rowett Research Institute) at the University of Aberdeen. However, the institute was not built when Boyd-Orr arrived in Aberdeen. He was given £5,000 to begin building the institute and was required to raise funds for its completion. Following a stint as a medical officer in the British army and navy…
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establishment

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  In Aberdeen
  The University of Aberdeen was formed in 1860 by the union of two medieval colleges: King’s College, founded as a Roman Catholic institution in 1495, and the Protestant Marischal College, founded in 1593. Other educational institutions include Robert Gordon University (founded as Robert Gordon Hospital, 1750),…
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