George Borrow (1803-81) 1813 ed. Edinburgh, Clonmel and Norwich.
John Buchan (1875-1940) The John Buchan Centre
in Broughton, a few miles west of Peebles, on the A701 between Moffat
and Edinburgh. Well worth visiting. There is a John Buchan Trail,
published by the Scottish Borders Tourist Board, Tel: 01750 20555,
which starts in Peebles. I am buying the booklet, so watch this
space! Shelley (1792-1822) m. Harriet Westbrook in Edinburgh Muriel Spark (1918-2006) She was born and brought up in a flat on Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, in 1918, the only daughter of Bernard Camberg, a Jewish engineer, and Sarah Uezzell, who was Anglican. Her brother Philip, a research chemist who died in 2001, was five years older. At the age of 5 started her education at James Gillespie’s school, Edinburgh, where she encountered Christina Kay, the inspiration for Brodie. Worked as a secretary in a department store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street.
Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001)Educated at Gillespie's High School for Girls, in Edinburgh. Her time there overlapped with Muriel Spark, who later wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie about the same school. She lived most of her life in Edinburgh. I do not know how many times she moved but she finally lived at 87 Colinton Road. She died on 9th Nov 2001 in an Edinburgh hospice.
