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DUNDEE , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh, See also:county of a See also:city, and seaport of See also:Forfarshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1891) 153,587; (1901) 161,173. It lies on the See also:north See also:shore of the See also:Firth of See also:Tay, 594 M. N. by E. of See also:Edinburgh by the North See also:British railway via the Forth and Tay See also:bridges. The Caledonian railway finds See also:access to the city by way of See also:Perth, which is distant about 22 M. W. by S. The See also:general disposition of the See also:town is from See also:east to See also:west, with a frontage on the See also:water of 4 M. The See also:area northwards that has already been built over varies in See also:depth from See also:half a mile to nearly 22 M. (from Esplanade Station to See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Cross). The city rises gradually from the See also:river to Dundee See also:Law and Balgay See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. Since the See also:estuary to the E. of Tay See also:bridge is 11 m. wide, and the commodious docks—in immediate contact with the river at all stages of the tide—are within 12 M. of the See also:sea, the position of the city eminently adapts it to be the See also:emporium of a vast See also:trade by See also:land and sea. But its prosperity is due in a far greater measure to its manufactures of jute and linen—of which it is the See also:chief seat in the See also:United Kingdom—than to its See also:shipping.
Public Buildings.—The town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, built in 1734 from the designs of See also:Robert See also:Adam, stands in High See also:Street. It is surmounted by a See also:steeple 140 ft. high, carrying a See also:good peal of bells, and beneath it is a piazza. The old Town Cross, a See also:shaft 15 it. high, bearing a See also:unicorn with the date of 1586, once stood in High Street also, but was re-erected within the enclosure on the S.W. of Town Churches (see below). See also:Albert Square, with statues of Robert See also:Burns, See also:George Kinloch, the first member for Dundee in the Reform See also:Parliament (both by See also:Sir See also:John Steell), and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Carmichael (1776-1853), inventor of the See also:fan-blast (by John Hutchison, R.S.A.), contains several good buildings, among them the Royal See also:Exchange in Flemish Pointed (erected in 1853-1856), the Eastern See also:Club-See also:house, and the Albert See also:Institute, founded in memory of the See also:prince See also:consort. The last, built mainly from designs by Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott, is one of the most important edifices in the city, since it embraces the See also:art See also:gallery, See also:free library, reference library, museum and several halls. On the north See also:side of the See also:building is the seated figure, in See also:bronze, of See also:Queen See also:Victoria, on a polished red See also:granite See also:pedestal containing bas-reliefs of episodes in Her See also:Majesty's See also:life, the See also:work of Harry See also:Bates, A.R.A. The See also:custom house, near the docks, is in Classical See also:style and See also:dates from 1843. The See also:Sheriff See also:Court buildings and Police See also:Chambers, a structure of Grecian See also:design, with a bold See also:portico, was erected in 1864-1865. The' halls used for See also:great public meetings are the Volunteer See also:Drill Hall in See also:Parker Square, and Kinnaird Hall in See also:Bank Street. Of the newer streets, Commercial, Reform, See also:Whitehall, Bank and See also:Lindsay contain many buildings of good design and the See also:principal shops. In Bank Street are the offices of the Dundee Advertiser, the leading newspaper in the north-east of Scotland; and in Lindsay Street the headquarters of the Dundee See also:Courier. In See also:Dock Street stands the Royal See also:Arch, an effective structure, erected to commemorate the visit of Queen Victoria in 1844. Among places of amusement are the See also:Theatre Royal, the See also:People's See also:Palace theatre, the See also:Music Hall, the See also:Circus and the Gymnasium. The See also:cattle See also:market and slaughter-houses, both on an extensive See also:scale, are in the east end of the city, not far from Camperdown Dock. Dudhope See also:Castle, once the seat of the Scrymgeours, hereditary constables of the burgh—one of whom (Sir See also:Alexander) was a See also:companion-in-arms of See also:Wallace,—was granted by James II. to John See also:Graham of Claverhouse. On his See also:death it reverted to the See also:crown, and at a later date was converted into See also:barracks. When the new barracks at Dudhope See also:Park were occupied, the Castle was transformed into an See also:industrial museum. Though Dundee was once a walled town, the only relic of its walls is the East See also:Port., the preservation of which was due to the tradition that George
See also:Wishart preached from the See also:top of it during the See also:plague of 1544•
Churches.—Of the many churches and chapels the most interesting is Town Churches—St See also:Mary's, St See also:Paul's and St See also:Clement's, the three under one roof—surmounted by the See also:noble square See also:tower, 156 ft. high, called the Old Steeple, once the See also:belfry of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church which was erected on this spot by See also:David, See also:earl of See also:Huntingdon, as a thank-offering for his See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape from shipwreck on the shoals at the mouth of the Tay (1193). The church perished, but the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-tower remained and was restored in 1871-1873 by Sir Gilbert Scott. The See also:fine See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:pro-See also:cathedral of St See also:Andrew's is in See also:Early See also:English style, and St Paul's Episcopal church, in Decorated See also:Gothic style, with a See also:spire 211 ft. high, from designs by Sir Gilbert Scott, was due to the zeal of See also:Bishop See also:Forbes (1817-1875), who transferred the headquarters of the see of See also:Brechin to Dundee. It occupies the site of the old castle. Memorial churches commemorate the work of Robert See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) and of George See also:Gilfillan (1813-1878), See also:long ministers in Dundee. John See also:Glas (1695-1773), founder of the See also:Glasites (q.v.), ministered here from 1730 to 1733.
Cemeteries.—The See also:ancient burying-ground in the centre of the city is called the Howff. It has long been closed, but contains several interesting monuments and epitaphs. Not far from it the New See also:Cemetery was laid out in West Bell Street; to the east of See also:Baxter Park lies the Eastern Cemetery; and the Western Cemetery was constructed in Perth Road. The most beautifully situated of all the burying-grounds, however, is the Western See also:Necropolis, which occupies the western portion of the hill of Balgay. A bridge over the See also:ravine connects it with Balgay Park.
Public Parks and Open Spaces.—On the N. of the city rises Dundee Law (571 ft.), the See also:property of the See also:Corporation, a prominent landmark, on the See also:summit of which are traces of an old vitrified fort. The surrounding park covers 18 acres. Near the eastern boundary of the city lies Baxter Park, of 37 acres, presented to the town by Sir David Baxter (1793-1872), a leading manufacturer, and his sisters. It was laid out by Sir See also:Joseph See also:Paxton, and contains a statue of Sir David by Sir John Steell, erected by public subscription. In the west the finely wooded hill of Balgay was acquired in 1869 and 36 acres of the area were converted into a park. Immediately adjoining it on the north is Lochee Park, of 25 acres, given to the city in 1891 by Messrs See also:Cox See also:Brothers of Camperdown See also:Works. In the extreme north lies the park of See also:Fair See also:Muir, of 12 acres, which was secured in 189o, and nearer to the See also:heart of the town is Dudhope or Barrack Park, See also:purchased in 1893. Near the north end of the Tay bridge is Magdalen See also:Green, an old See also:common of 17 acres, and along the shore of the estuary there runs for a distance of 22 M. from Magdalen Point to beyond See also:Craig See also:Pier a See also:promenade called the Esplanade.
See also:Education.—University See also:College in Nethergate, founded in 188o by See also:Miss Baxter of Balgavies (d. 1884) and Dr John See also:Boyd Baxter, was opened in 1883, and united to the university of St See also:Andrews in 189o. The See also:affiliation was cancelled in 1895 owing to divergence of view in the governing See also:body, but this was over-come and the college finally incorporated in 1897. The See also:staff consists of a principal, professors and lecturers, and the curriculum, which may be taken by students of both sexes, is especially concerned with See also:medicine and natural and applied See also:science. The endowments exceed £250,000. Adjoining the buildings is the Technical Institute, built and endowed by Sir David Baxter and opened in 1888. In connexion with the high school, a building in the Doric style, dating from 1833, there is a museum which was endowed in 188o by Mr See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Harris. See also:Morgan See also:hospital, a structure in the Scots Baronial style, situated immediately to the north of Baxter Park, was founded in 1868 by John Morgan, a native of Dundee, for the See also:board and education of a See also:hundred boys, sons of indigent tradesmen, but was acquired by the school board and transformed into a secondary school. Besides a high school for girls and Roman Catholic and Episcopalian See also:schools, there are numerous efficient and thoroughly equipped board schools.
Charitable Institutions.—One of the most conspicuous buildings in the city, occupying a prominent position in the centre, is the
Royal Infirmary, a fine structure in the Tudor style. On the See also:southern See also:face of Balgay Hill stands the Royal Victoria hospital for incurables, opened in 1889.
In addition to the maternity hospital and nurses' See also:home, there are several institutions devoted to See also:special afflictions and diseases—among them the See also:Blind and the See also:Deaf and Dumb institutions, the Royal See also:asylum, the See also:fever hospital at King's Cross, and, in the See also:parish of Mains—beyond the municipal boundary—the Baldovan asylum for imbeciles, founded in 1854 by Sir John See also:Ogilvy and said to be the earliest of its See also:kind in Scotland, besides the smallpox and See also:cholera hospital. The large Dundee hospital adjoins the poorhouse, and an epidemic hospital has been built in the Fair Muir See also:district. One of the convalescent homes is situated at Broughty See also:Ferry. Among other institutions are the Royal See also:Orphan and the Wellburn Charitable institutions, the See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
rescue home for See also:females, the sailors' home and See also:Lady Jane Ogilvy's orphanage in Mains.
Trade.—Hector See also:Boece, in his See also:History and Croniklis of Scotland, thus quaintly writes of the manufactures of Dundee in the opening of the 16th century—" Dunde, the toun quhair we wer See also:born; quhair mony virtewus and lauborius pepill ar in, making of elaith." Jute is, See also:par excellence, the See also:industry of the city. Enormous quantities of the raw material—estimated at 300,000 tons a year—are imported directly from See also:India in a See also:fleet solely devoted to this trade, and many of the factories in See also:Bengal are owned by Dundee merchants. Fabrics in jute range from the roughest sacking to carpets of almost See also:Oriental beauty. Another See also:staple industry is the See also:linen manufacture, which is also one of the See also:oldest, although it was not till the introduction of See also:steam See also:power that headway was made. Bell See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill, erected in 18o6, was the first work of any importance, and the first power-See also:loom factory dates from 1836. Now factories and See also:mills are to be counted by the See also:score, and the jute, See also:hemp and See also:flax manufactures alone employ about 50,000 hands, while the value of the combined See also:annual output exceeds £6,000,000. Some of the works are planned on a See also:colossal scale, and many of the buildings in respect of design and equipment are among the finest and most See also:complete in the See also:world. In the thriving See also:quarter of Lochee are situated the Camperdown Linen Works, covering an immense area and employing more than 5000 hands. The See also:chimney-stalk (282 ft. high), in the style of an See also:Italian campanile, built of parti-coloured bricks with See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone cornices, is a conspicuous feature. The chief textile products are drills, ducks, See also:canvas (for which the British See also:navy is the largest customer), See also:ropes, sheetings, sackings and carpets. Dundee is also celebrated for its See also:confectionery and preserves, especially See also:marmalade. Among other prominent See also:industries are See also:bleaching and See also:dyeing, See also:engineering, See also:shipbuilding, tanning, the making of boots and shoes and other goods in See also:leather, foundries, breweries, See also:corn and See also:flour mills, and the construction of motor-cars.
Shipping.—By See also:reason of its excellent docking facilities Dundee can See also:cope with a shipping trade of the largest proportions. On the front wharves and See also:harbour works extend for 2 m., and the docks See also:cover an area of 351 acres, made up thus—Earl See also:Grey Dock, 54 acres; King William IV. Dock, 64 acres; Tidal Harbour, 44 acres; Victoria Dock, tot acres; Camperdown Dock, 81 acres. There are, besides, graving docks, the Ferry harbour and See also:timber ponds. The warehouses are capacious and the ample quays equipped with steam See also:cranes and other See also:modern appliances. In 1898 there entered and cleared 2914 vessels of 1,390,331 tons; in 1904 the See also:numbers were 2428 vessels of 1,227,429 tons. At the See also:close of 1904 the registered shipping of the port was 131 vessels of 109,885 tons. Dundee is the seat of the See also:Arctic See also:fishery, once an important and lucrative business, but now shrunk to the most meagre dimensions in consequence of the increasing scarcity of whales and See also:seals. There is See also:regular communication by steamer with See also:London, See also:Hull, See also:Newcastle, See also:Liverpool and See also:Leith, besides See also:Rotterdam, See also:Hamburg and other See also:continental ports. Of the See also:local excursions the two See also:hours' run to Perth is the favourite summer trip.
Local See also:Government.—Dundee returns two members to parliament. The city See also:council consists of the See also:lord See also:provost, bailies and councillors. The corporation owns the See also:gas and water supplies
(the latter See also:drawn from the See also:loch of Lintrathen, 18 m. to the N.W.) and the electric tramcars.
History.—There appears to be some doubt as to the origin of the name of Dundee. It is extravagant to trace it to the Latin Donum Dei, " the See also:gift of See also:God," as some have done, or the See also:Celtic Dun Dhia, " the hill of God." More probably it is the Gaelic Dun Taw, " the fort of the Tay," of which the Latin Taodunum is a transliteration— the derivation pointing to the fact of a Pictish See also:settlement on the site. The earliest See also:authentic mention of the city is in a See also:deed of gift by David, earl of Huntingdon, younger See also:brother of William the See also:Lion, dated about 1200, in which it is designated as " Dunde." Shortly afterwards it was erected into a royal burgh by William the Lion. When See also:Edward I. visited it, however, as he did twice (in 1296 and 1303) with hostile See also:intent, he is said to have removed its See also:charter. Consequently Robert See also:Bruce and successive See also:kings confirmed its privileges and rights, and See also:Charles I. finally granted it its great charter. Dundee played a prominent See also:part in the See also:War of Scottish See also:Independence. Here Wallace finished his education, and here he slew See also:young See also:Selby, son of the English See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable, in 1291, for which deed he was outlawed. In that See also:year the town See also:fell into the hands of the English, and it was whilst engaged in besieging the castle in 1297 that Wallace withdrew to fight the See also:battle of See also:Stirling Bridge. In their incursion into Scotland under John of Gaunt the English captured and partially destroyed the town in 1385, but retreated to meet a See also:counter-invasion of their own See also:country. The English seized it again for a brief space during one of the 1st earl of See also:Hertford's devastating raids in the reign of Edward VI. Dundee See also:bore such a prominent part in propagating the Reformed doctrines that it was styled " the Scottish See also:Geneva." It saw more trouble at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Civil War, for the See also:marquess of See also:Montrose sacked it in 1645, and then gave a considerable portion of it to the flames. Charles II. spent a few days in the castle after his crowning at See also:Scone (See also:January 1st, 1651). In the same year General Mos1k demanded the submission of the town to See also:Cromwell, and on its refusal captured it after an obstinate resistance and visited it with condign See also:punishment. More than one-See also:sixth of the inhabitants and See also:garrison, including its See also:governor See also:Lumsden, were put to the See also:sword, and no fewer than 6o vessels were seized and filled with See also:plunder; but the See also:ships, says Gumble in his Life of See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk, " were See also:cast away within sight of the town and that great See also:wealth perished." In 1684 John Graham of Claverhouse—whose See also:family derived its name from the lands of Claverhouse in the parish of Mains immediately to the north of the town—became constable, and in 1688 provost. In the same year James II. created him See also:Viscount Dundee. Thenceforward the See also:annals of the town cease to See also:touch See also:national history, See also:save at very rare intervals. The greatest local disaster of modern times was the destruction of the first Tay bridge (see TAY).
Many interesting old documents have been preserved in the Town House, such as certain characteristic despatches from Edward I. and Edward II., the See also:original charter of Robert Bruce, dated 1327, a papal See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order from See also:Leo X., and a See also:letter from Queen Mary, dated 1564, providing for extra-mural interments. It may be mentioned that to describe Claverhouse himself as " bonnie Dundee " is a modern invention, the old See also:song from which Sir See also:Walter Scott borrowed a hint for his refrain referring solely to the town.
Since the See also:middle and particularly during the last quarter of the 19th See also:century many of the more unsightly districts have been demolished. In the See also:process several picturesque but insanitary buildings, narrow winding streets and unsavoury closcs disappeared, along with a few structures of more or less historic See also:interest, like the castle, the See also:mint and numerous convents. The wholesale clearances, however, improved both the public See also:health and the See also:appearance of the city, some of the new thoroughfares vieing with the finest business streets of the largest commercial centres in the United See also:Kingdom. Queen Victoria granted a charter to Dundee, dated the 25th of January 1889, erecting it to the status of a city, and since 1892 its chief See also:magistrate has been styled lord provost.
Among men more or less eminent who were born in Dundee maybe named See also:Hector Boece (1465-1536), the historian; George See also:Dempster of Dunnichen (1732-1818), the agriculturist, a former owner of Skibo; See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Dick (1774-1857), the author of The
See also:Christian Philosopher; See also:Admiral Lord See also:Duncan (1731-1804);
Viscount Dundee (1643-1689); James See also:Halyburton (1518-
1589), the Scottish Reformer, who was provost of the town for See also:thirty-three years; Sir James See also:Ivory (1765-1842), the mathematician, who bequeathed his science library to the town, and his See also:nephew Lord Ivory (1792-1866), the See also:judge; Sir George See also:Mackenzie (1636-1691), the celebrated lawyer; Sir Alexander Scrymgeour (d. 1310), Wallace's See also:standard-See also:bearer, and many of the Scrymgeours, his successors, who were constables of the town; James (1495-1553), John (1500-1556) and Robert See also:Wedderburn (1510-1557), the poets, who were all concerned in the authorship or collection of the See also:book of See also:Gude and Godlie Ballatis published in 1578; Sir John Wedderburn (1599-1679), the physician; and Sir See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Wedderburn(1616-1679), the judge. Many well-known -persons lived for longer or shorter periods in the town. James See also:Chalmers (1782-1853), the inventor of the adhesive See also:postage See also:stamp (1834), was a bookseller in Castle Street. George Constable of Wallace See also:Craigie, the prototype of See also:Jonathan Oldbuck in Sir Walter Scott's See also:Antiquary, had a See also:residence in the east end of Seagate, the house See also:standing until about 1820. Thomas See also:Hood's See also:father was a native and the poet spent part of his youth in the town, his first See also:literary effort appearing in the Dundee Advertiser about 1816: James Bowman Lindsay (1799-1862), electrician and philologist, carried on his experiments for many years in Dundee, where he died. Robert See also:Nicoll (1814-1837), the poet, kept a circulating library in Castle Street; and William Thom (1798-1848), the writer of The Rhymes of a Handloom See also:Weaver, was buried in the Western Cemetery.
Suburbs.—Close to the municipal boundaries on the N.W. lies Benvie, where John See also:Playfair (1748-1819), the mathematician, was born, and which has a See also:mineral well that once enjoyed considerable repute. Camperdown House, the seat of the earl of Camperdown, a fine building of See also:Greek design, standing in beautiful grounds, is situated in the parish. Fowlis, 5 M. N.W., is remarkable for its church, which dates from the 15th century, but has even been assigned to the 12th. It contains a carved ambry and See also:rood-See also:screen (with a curious See also:representation of the Crucifixion), decorated See also:font, crocketed See also:door See also:canopy and several pictures. The ruined castle adjoining the church ultimately became a dwelling for labourers. The Dell of Balruddery is See also:rich in See also:geological and botanical specimens. Lundie, 3 M. farther out in the same direction, contains several lakelets, and its kirkyard is the See also:burial-See also:place of the earls of Camperdown. Tealing, 4 M. N. of Dundee, was the See also:scene of the See also:ministry of John Glas before he was deposed for See also:heresy.
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