50 Cards
Institutions, Standards & Systems
Fifty institutions, standards and systems Scotland gave the world — universities, banks, colleges, legal frameworks and global standards.
University of St Andrews
Henry Wardlaw
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University of Glasgow
William Turnbull
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University of Edinburgh
James VI
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University of Aberdeen
William Elphinstone
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University of Strathclyde
John Anderson
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Heriot-Watt University / School of Arts of Edinburgh
Founded
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University of Dundee
Founded
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The Scottish Parish School System
Founded
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The Mechanics’ Institute Movement
Founded
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Carnegie Public Libraries
Founded
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Royal Society of Edinburgh
Founded
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Founded
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Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Founded
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Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Founded
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No. 15Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland
Founded
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Founded
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The Statistical Account of Scotland
Founded
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National Library of Scotland
Founded
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National Museums Scotland
Founded
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Scotland's Medical Establishment
Robert Sibbald / Andrew Balfour / Peter Lowe / Alexander Monro primus
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North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
Tom Johnston / Edward MacColl
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Northern Lighthouse Board
Robert Stevenson / Thomas Smith / George Dempster
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The Procurator Fiscal
The Lord Advocate
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The Boys' Brigade
William Alexander Smith
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Orange Order in Scotland
Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland
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NHS Scotland
Sir John Dewar
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The Scottish Office
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Gordon / Tom Johnston / Donald Dewar
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Freemasonry
William Schaw
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Parliament of Scotland
Founded
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R&A Golf
William Landale
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Scotland's Supreme Courts
Alexander Mylne
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Faculty of Advocates
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
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National Trust for Scotland
Sir John Stirling Maxwell
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Keepers of Scotland
William of Dumfries
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
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Convention of Royal Burghs
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
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City of Glasgow Police
John Stenhouse / Patrick Colquhoun / Percy Sillitoe
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Society of Writers to the Signet
Sir Walter Scott (as apprentice and son of a WS)
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Bank of Scotland
John Holland / Walter Scott
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Royal Bank of Scotland
William Hog / Fred Goodwin
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The Savings Bank Movement
Rev Dr Henry Duncan
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Scottish Chartered Accountancy
Founded
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Royal Highland and Agricultural Society
Institutional — Edinburgh's 'noblemen and gentlemen', 1784
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The Cooperative Movement at Fenwick
Institutional — sixteen Fenwick weavers, no single named founder
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Scottish Football Association
Archibald Campbell
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Church of Scotland
John Knox (leading figure, not sole founder — see caveats)
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Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Dr John Cairnie of Curlinghall
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Sheriff Court
Institutional — office introduced under David I (r. 1124–53); earliest documented sheriff Gospatric of Roxburgh
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Court of the Lord Lyon
Institutional — documented from the 1370s–80s Exchequer Rolls; earlier Celtic antecedents (the royal seanchaidh)
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