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Institute of Geography
(New Surgical Hospital)
Classification and Statistics
Type: University or College Established: 1906 Type: Historic Building Built: 1853 Tourist Rating: No Text of Entry Updated: 18-DEC-2010 Location
Latitude: 55.9482°N Longitude: 3.1837°W National Grid Reference: NT 261 734 Show Maps: Get directions by entering the UK postcode of your location, home or hotel here eg. EH1 3YT
Extended Information
It was in this building that Prof. Charles Barkla (1877 - 1944) undertook the work which brought him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917.
References and Further Reading
Gifford, John, Colin McWilliam and David Walker (eds.) (1991) The Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh. Penguin, London
Ordnance Survey (1881) Edinburgh and its Environs: Canongate - Sheet 36. Ordnance Survey, Southampton
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