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Pearson - Always Learning • April 26, 2013Joseph Black, a physician and chemist, discovered carbon dioxide. In 2011, scientific equipment believed to belong to Black was discovered during an archaeological dig at the University.
Taylor • November 16, 2016Dysfunctional lifts and inept bureaucracies (but free food all the time, so it's a fair cop).
Pearson - Always Learning • April 26, 2013Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin was professor of engineering at the University of Edinburgh, known to the world as the inventor of the cable car. his dog, Plate, often accompanied him to the University.
Pearson - Always Learning • April 26, 2013Appropriately named after Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Bell’s invention of the telephone resulted from his early interest in speech impediments.
Pearson - Always Learning • April 26, 2013Dan Rutherford was Professor of Botany at the University. Working with Joseph Black, he discovered nitrogen, a vital ingredient in fertilizers, which have helped sustain the world’s food supply.
Pearson - Always Learning • April 26, 2013Charles Darwin studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Unfortunately, he complained his lectures were “stupid and boring”, but the University decided to name a building after him anyway.
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