James Miranda Barry
James Miranda Barry is a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. James Miranda Barry is situated nearby to Edinburgh Law School Library, as well as near the square Old College Quad.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Scotland and National Library of Scotland.
National Museum of Scotland
Museum
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The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. National Museum of Scotland is situated 360 feet southwest of James Miranda Barry.
National Library of Scotland
Library
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The National Library of Scotland is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom. As well as a public programme of exhibitions, events, workshops, and tours, the National Library of Scotland has reading rooms where visitors can access the collections. National Library of Scotland is situated 870 feet northwest of James Miranda Barry.
Talbot Rice Gallery
Museum
Talbot Rice Gallery is the public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and part of Edinburgh College of Art. The building has three exhibition spaces, including a contemporary white cube gallery and a neoclassical space that was formerly a 19th-century natural history museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and Guse Dub.
Old Town
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Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".
Quartermile
Neighborhood
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Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.
James Miranda Barry
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “In honour of James Miranda Barry c.1795-1865 Army surgeon and inspector general of hospitals in Canada, lived as a man, and believed to be the first woman graduate of the university (1812)”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.94749° or 55° 56′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.18793° or 3° 11′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C7RWRW6+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 13825096789OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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