James, Duke of York and Albany (and court culture in Edinburgh) [ Aristocracy / Cities ]
… patron by attending its meetings and supporting the institution financially. Thus he was a major actor in the emergent reputation and influence of Edinburgh’s academic institutions of medicine and surgery. James also helped in the … the name of James VII of Scotland. His actions in favour of the people and the city of Edinburgh gave him such a good reputation that a copy of the London Gazette , reprinted in Edinburgh on January 1681, reported that the Duke considered …
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