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Aberdeen Grammar School

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{{Infobox school

| name = Aberdeen Grammar School

| image = "The Grammar" (geograph 3387889).jpg

| coordinates = {{coord|57.1468581|-2.115042|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| motto = Bon Record

| established = {{circa|{{start date and age|1256}}}}

| type = Secondary school

| rector = Alison Murison, Ma(Hons) (2015–present)

| address = Skene Street

| city = Aberdeen

| country = Scotland

| postcode = AB10 1HT

| pushpin_map = Scotland Aberdeen#Scotland#United_Kingdom

| local_authority = Aberdeen City Council

| staff = 98 (2024)

| enrolment = 1,306 (2024)

| gender = Coeducational (all boys previously)

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

| houses = {{Color box|blue}} Byron
{{Color box|red}} Keith and Dun
{{Color box|green}} Melvin

| colours = Blue, Red, White
{{colour box|Blue}} {{colour box|Red}} {{colour box|White}}

| alumni = {{URL| https://agsfp.com/homepage|Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils Club}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.grammar.org.uk|Aberdeen Grammar School}}

}}

Aberdeen Grammar School is a state secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of thirteen secondary schools run by the Aberdeen City Council educational department.{{cite web

|url=https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/education-and-childcare/find-school

|title=List of Aberdeen City schools

|publisher=Aberdeen City Council

|access-date=18 October 2018

|archive-date=8 October 2022

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008155008/https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/education-and-childcare/find-school

|url-status=live

}}

It is the oldest school in the city and one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, with a history spanning more than 750 years. Founded around 1256, the year used in official school records, it began operating as a boys' school. On Skene Street, near the centre of the city, it was originally situated on Schoolhill, near the current site of Robert Gordon's College. It moved to its current site in 1863, and became co-educational in 1973.

In 1970 the school's name was changed by the City of Aberdeen Education Committee to a more accurate, less ceremonial "Rubislaw Academy" but in 1977 the name was reverted to "Aberdeen Grammar School" by the Grampian Regional Council, who at that point were responsible for education in Aberdeen.{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen Grammar School : History Aberdeen Grammar School |url=http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/sso/aberdeengs/c.html?1324302504#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20a,start%20of%20session%201970/71. |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.take2theweb.com |archive-date=24 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624200854/http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/sso/aberdeengs/c.html?1324302504#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20a,start%20of%20session%201970/71. |url-status=live }}

Although the school is named Aberdeen Grammar School, the school is not a Grammar School, The state school does not choose its own students and instead has a catchment zone like other schools in Aberdeen, Scotland.

In an annual survey run by the British broadsheet newspaper The Times, Aberdeen Grammar was rated the 15th best Scottish state secondary school in 2019, and second in Aberdeen behind Cults Academy.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-100-scottish-secondary-schools-20950576.amp|title=Top 100 Scottish Secondary Schools|date=24 November 2019|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213105509/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-100-scottish-secondary-schools-20950576.amp|url-status=live}}

The most notable former student is Lord Byron, the Romantic poet and writer who spent a short amount of time at the school before his move back to England as a 10 year old. A statue of him was erected in the front courtyard of the school. Alumni include Scottish international footballer Russell Anderson, mathematician Hector Munro Macdonald.

History

=Early history=

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The exact date of the school's founding is unknown; however, research done to mark the school's 750th anniversary led to the belief it was formed in c. 1256, which is the date that is now used for official school purposes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/provenance/owners/1550/|title=Aberdeen Grammar School {{!}} Provenance {{!}} Provenance {{!}} The University of Aberdeen|publisher=University of Aberdeen|access-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050708/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/provenance/owners/1550/|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}} The earliest documented date of its existence is in the Burgh Records of 1418, when the Lord Provost and Council nominated John Homyll to replace the recently deceased Andrew of Chivas as "Master of the Schools".{{cite web| url=http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/sso/aberdeengs/c.html?1156755753| title=School History| access-date=30 January 2007| year=2006| publisher=Aberdeen Grammar School| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070222012345/http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/sso/aberdeengs/c.html?1156755753| archive-date= 22 February 2007 | url-status= live}} Originally on Schoolhill, near the site of the current Robert Gordon's College, the curriculum consisted of Latin, Greek and ancient geography.

In 1580, new pupils were reprimanded, under the penalty of £10, if they did not show good behaviour or did not listen to their Magistrates or masters.{{cite book| last = Turreff| first = Gavin| title = Antiquarian Gleanings from Aberdeenshire Records| publisher = King| year = 1859| isbn = 1-4326-3337-6| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dXNSkrPn_dQC&q=%22Aberdeen+Grammar+School%22&pg=PA140| page = 65| access-date = 8 November 2020| archive-date = 1 October 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231001212742/https://books.google.com/books?id=dXNSkrPn_dQC&q=%22Aberdeen+Grammar+School%22&pg=PA140#v=snippet&q=%22Aberdeen%20Grammar%20School%22&f=false| url-status = live}} In 1612, the pupils, many of whom were related to the gentry in the country, rioted with pistols and hagbuts, and took over part of the school. The masters stopped the riot, and 21 pupils were expelled, while some were arrested.

=Recent history=

In 1986, the original building was devastated by a fire, destroying most of the rooms including the large library, a collection of Byron's notebooks, the trophy room and other classrooms, although the historic facade was mostly undamaged.{{cite web|url=http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/aberdeen_grammar06.html |title=Aberdeen Grammar School Aberdeen |publisher=Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education |access-date=6 December 2007 |year=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214856/http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/aberdeen_grammar06.html |archive-date=4 June 2011}}

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The school and FPs club own the {{convert|18|acre|ha|adj=on}} Rubislaw Playing Fields at a site about a mile away from the main school building.{{cite web| url=http://www.agsfp.com/| title=Aberdeen Grammar School Former Pupils| access-date=7 December 2007| publisher=Former Pupils' Club| archive-date=29 September 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929022152/http://www.agsfp.com/| url-status=live}} Shared with the former pupils' club, the location has rugby union pitches with a stand, football pitches, grass hockey pitches and an artificial hockey pitch built in 2005.{{cite map |publisher=Google Maps |title=Aberdeen. Placemark key on left. |url=https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=116252837442601174092.000440a46f4b66e198e18 |year=2007 |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822155326/https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=116252837442601174092.000440a46f4b66e198e18 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeenrugby.co.uk/ |title=Aberdeen Grammar Rugby |access-date=7 December 2007 |publisher=Aberdeen Grammar Rugby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212094711/http://www.aberdeenrugby.co.uk/ |archive-date=12 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}

In recent years the school has been the site of a number of newsworthy events, including a protest against PETA, the painting pink of an entire temporary classroom block, and a bomb threat.{{cite news| url=http://news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=1129532002| title=Milk protest turns sour| publisher=The Scotsman| access-date=30 January 2007| location=Edinburgh| date=12 October 2002| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070211191746/http://news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=1129532002| archive-date= 11 February 2007 | url-status= live}}{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7092189.stm| title=Charges over "threatening call"| work=BBC News| access-date=18 November 2007| date=13 November 2007| archive-date=27 March 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327121015/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7092189.stm| url-status=live}}

The school marked its 750th anniversary year in 2007 with a series of fund-raising events, the proceeds of which went towards buying a new school minibus.{{cite web|url=http://www.s1play.com/on-stage/detail/106449-1073.html?location=1631-Aberdeen&time=2007-3-1%2C2007-3-31-in%20march&venue=| title=s1 event overview| access-date =6 December 2007| year=2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Also in 2007, work was completed on a new gymnasium, begun two years previously.{{cite web| url=http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/sso/aberdeengs/d.html?1129189242| title=Aberdeen Grammar School News| publisher=Aberdeen Grammar School| access-date =6 December 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071219155301/http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/sso/aberdeengs/d.html?1129189242| archive-date= 19 December 2007 | url-status= live}}

In February 2019, the school was shut for a suspected gas leak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1686616/pupils-sent-home-after-suspected-gas-leak-in-aberdeen/|title=Pupils sent home after suspected gas leak in Aberdeen|last=Beattie|first=Kieran|website=Press and Journal|language=en-US|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228125023/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1686616/pupils-sent-home-after-suspected-gas-leak-in-aberdeen/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/aberdeen-academy-to-reopen-after-suspected-gas-leak/|title=Aberdeen academy to reopen after suspected gas leak|last=Morrice|first=Emma|website=Evening Express|language=en-US|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024936/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/aberdeen-academy-to-reopen-after-suspected-gas-leak/|url-status=live}}

Present day

Today the school is run by Aberdeen City Council in accordance with the Scottish Executive's educational guidelines for state schools. In the 2013/14 academic year, the education of each pupil at the Grammar School specifically cost £4,252.{{cite web| url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/revealed-how-much-is-spent-on-your-child-in-secondary-school/| title=North East Secondary School Spending| access-date=4 December 2016| year=2015| publisher=Evening Express| archive-date=20 December 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220050218/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/revealed-how-much-is-spent-on-your-child-in-secondary-school/| url-status=live}}

In the session 2018–2019, 61% of leavers received a qualification equivalent of five Highers or more. Furthermore, 83% gained 5 or more National 5s and 27% gained 2 or more Advanced Highers.{{cite web|title=Top 100 Scottish Secondary Schools|date=24 November 2019|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-100-scottish-secondary-schools-20950576.amp|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213105509/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/top-100-scottish-secondary-schools-20950576.amp|url-status=live}}

=Pupils and catchment area=

About 1100 pupils attend the school each year, between the ages of about 11 to 18. The school's catchment area centres on the west end of the city, including Rosemount and Mannofield. There are four main primary schools that feed into the school, located throughout the centre and west-end of Aberdeen: Ashley Road Primary School, Gilcomstoun Primary School, Mile-End School and Skene Square Primary School.{{cite web |url=https://grammar.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AGS-Prospectus-2018.pdf |title=School Prospectus 2018 |access-date=18 October 2018 |year=2018 |publisher=Aberdeen Grammar School |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018201551/https://grammar.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/AGS-Prospectus-2018.pdf |url-status=live }} Under the Parent's Charter, children from other areas can attend the school after successful application by parents. Places using this method are limited for each year.

{{Asof|2023}}, of the schools in Scotland with the ten highest academic achievements, the school has the most inexpensive houses within its catchment zone.{{cite web|last=Davies|first=Matilda|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/houses-near-top-scottish-secondary-schools-carry-100-000-premium-z3q7lvkt9|title=Houses near top Scottish secondary schools carry £100,000 premium|newspaper=The Times|date=2023-09-08|access-date=2023-10-22}}

=Colour System & Achievements=

Three colour awards are made. The first, 'Bronze Colours', issued in the third year of the school, are represented by a red ribbon on the breast pocket of the school blazer. This level requires two years of participation in an extra-curricular activity.{{cite web|url=http://grammar.org.uk/pupil-achievements/colours/|title=Aberdeen Grammar School Colours Criteria|publisher=Aberdeen Grammar School|access-date=24 December 2019|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214034722/https://grammar.org.uk/pupil-achievements/colours/|url-status=live}}

The second, 'Silver Colours' are awarded in fifth or sixth year and represented by a light blue tie (replacing the navy, red and white tie). Pupils must be participating in the activity throughout fourth and fifth year for this award.

The third, 'Gold Colours' is the final level of the colours system. Pupils must demonstrate a very high level of attainment, performance and achievement to be eligible for this award. It is represented by red braiding outlining the rims of the school blazer.

'International Colours' are awarded to pupils who have represented their country at international level. It is marked by silver braiding around the blazer.

'Citizenship Colours' are awarded for an outstanding contribution to the school community and are represented by a silver tie.

Rectors

The rector is the head of the school. Records show there were 26 rectors between 1418 and 1881.{{cite web| url=http://mcjazz.f2s.com/Schoolhill.htm| title=Schoolhill| publisher=The Doric Columns| access-date=28 May 2007| archive-date=1 March 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301070829/http://mcjazz.f2s.com/Schoolhill.htm| url-status=dead}}

{{Expand list|date=January 2025}}

  1. James Cromar (1803–1825) Headmaster for 22 years, pivotal in the school's early development.
  2. William Barrack (1860–1868) Led the school during a period of significant growth.
  3. No Data (1868–1893) Information on the headmaster during this period is unavailable.
  4. Henry Fife Morland Simpson (1893–1920) Introduced educational reforms during his 27-year tenure.
  5. No Data (1920–1924) Information on the headmaster during this period is unavailable.
  6. D.M. Andrew (1924–1942) Managed the school through the interwar period.
  7. No Data (1942–2015) Information on the headmasters during this period is unavailable.
  8. Alison Murison (2015–Present) Current head, overseeing modern developments at the school.

Notable alumni and teachers

{{See also|Category:People educated at Aberdeen Grammar School}}

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  • Russell Anderson, Scotland international footballer, captain of Aberdeen F.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/russell-anderson-aberdeen_2212045_6786 |title=Russell Anderson Player Profile |publisher=Aberdeen F.C. |work=afc.co.uk |access-date=11 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523201325/http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/russell-anderson-aberdeen_2212045_6786 |archive-date=23 May 2013 }}
  • James Beattie, professor of moral philosophy and logic at the University of Aberdeen{{cite web |url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-11491.php |title=Life of great Aberdonian celebrated |publisher=University of Aberdeen |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=11 July 2013 |archive-date=19 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919143138/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-11491.php |url-status=live }}
  • George Boyne, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Aberdeen{{cite web|url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/boyne|title=Professor George Boyne|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-date=28 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628000214/https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/boyne|url-status=live}}
  • Lord Byron, poet, famous poems include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan; his statue stands in front of the school{{cite web| url=http://englishhistory.net/byron/life.html| title=The Life of George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron| access-date=21 December 2007| publisher=English History| archive-date=21 March 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321132432/http://englishhistory.net/byron/life.html| url-status=dead}}
  • Zoey Clark, British athlete{{cite web| url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1274101/aberdeen-university-student-to-take-part-in-british-athletics-championships-a-week-after-graduating/| title=Zoey Clark| publisher=The Press and Journal| access-date=23 June 2020| archive-date=24 June 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624231815/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1274101/aberdeen-university-student-to-take-part-in-british-athletics-championships-a-week-after-graduating/| url-status=live}}
  • Craig Clunas, historian of Chinese art; Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford{{Who's Who | title = CLUNAS, Prof. Craig | id = U10000491 | volume = 2024 | edition = online}}
  • Robin Cook, former cabinet member and Secretary of State{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4127676.stm| title=Obituary: Robin Cook| work=BBC News| date=6 August 2005| access-date=26 December 2007| archive-date=26 July 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726223514/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4127676.stm| url-status=live}}
  • Martin Dalby, composer{{cite web| url=http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=317| title=Martin Dalby| publisher=Chester Music| access-date=3 April 2010| archive-date=4 December 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204163018/http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=317| url-status=live}}
  • David Ferrier, FRS, neurologist and psychologist{{cite web |url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code==%27NA7494%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl |title=Fellow details |publisher=The Royal Society |access-date=18 October 2018 |location=London }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite journal |title=David Ferrier (1843–1928) |author=Sandrone, S. |author2=Zanin, E. |journal=J Neurol |volume=261 |issue=6 |pages=1247–8 |year=2014 |doi=10.1007/s00415-013-7023-y |pmid=23846770 |hdl=20.500.11850/383939 |s2cid=2849337 |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/171968/1/ZORA_NL_171968.pdf |access-date=13 December 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224221238/https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/171968/1/ZORA_NL_171968.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • James Gibbs 18th century architect{{cite book| page=4| title=James Gibbs| author=Terry Friedman| year=1984|publisher=Yale University Press| isbn=0-300-03172-6}}
  • Paul Gough, Vice-Chancellor, Arts University Bournemouth, and Chair of UKADIA{{cite web| url=http://www.vortex.uwe.ac.uk|title=Welcome to VORTEX, War Art & Artists| access-date=12 December 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101102173403/http://www.vortex.uwe.ac.uk/| archive-date= 2 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • Iain Gray, chief executive, technology strategy board and former MD Airbus UK{{cite web| url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/cms/go/hon-degree/july%2006%20hon%20grad/jul-gray.html| title=Mr Iain Gray| publisher=University of Bristol| access-date=3 April 2010| archive-date=1 October 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001212801/https://www.bristol.ac.uk/events/| url-status=live}}
  • Neil Kemsley, sportsman (cricket and badminton)
  • Robert Daniel Lawrence, early recipient of insulin injections, founder of the British Diabetic Association, now Diabetes_UK
  • Eric Linklater, novelist, author of Magnus Merriman and Juan in America
  • William Lumsden, cricketer and British Army officer
  • Hector Munro Macdonald, Scottish mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1901, and Edinburgh in 1905; was awarded the Royal Society Royal Medal in 1916{{cite web| url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Macdonald.html| title=Hector Munro Macdonald| publisher=School of Mathematics, St Andrews| access-date=7 December 2007| archive-date=6 August 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806103450/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Macdonald.html| url-status=live}}
  • David Masson, Scottish writer{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Masson, David |volume=17 |page=870}}
  • James Melvin (1795–1853), Latin scholar and rector (1826–53){{cite web| url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/collections/cld/30/| title=Melvin Collection| publisher=University of Aberdeen, Library, Special Collections and Museums| access-date=24 November 2013| archive-date=2 December 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225748/https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/collections/cld/30/| url-status=live}}
  • John Macleod (physiologist), recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine{{cite web | url= http://www.med-chi.co.uk/heritage/people/john-james-rickard-macleod-1876-1935.html | title= John James Rickard MacLeod (1876 – 1935) | publisher= Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society | access-date= 23 June 2020 | archive-date= 9 June 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200609130307/http://www.med-chi.co.uk/heritage/people/john-james-rickard-macleod-1876-1935.html | url-status= live }}
  • John McLeod (composer){{cite web| url=http://www.aberdeenbachchoir.org.uk/JohnMcLeod.shtml| title=Aberdeen Bach Choir| access-date=15 November 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903034222/http://www.aberdeenbachchoir.org.uk/JohnMcLeod.shtml| archive-date=3 September 2011}}
  • John Bryce McLeod Scottish mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1974, Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1992, awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh Keith medal and prize in 1987, London Mathematical Society Naylor Prize and Lectureship in 2011{{cite web| url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/McLeod.html| title=John Bryce McLeod| publisher=School of Mathematics, St Andrews| access-date=19 August 2015| archive-date=13 May 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513045328/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/McLeod.html| url-status=live}}
  • Michael Sheard (1938-2005) Scottish character actor known for playing villains (including Mr Bronson in Grange Hill and Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back){{cite web| url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/4243778/michael-sheard-aberdeen-star-wars-death/| title=Michael Sheard| publisher=Press & Journal| access-date=10 May 2022| archive-date=9 May 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509184615/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/4243778/michael-sheard-aberdeen-star-wars-death/| url-status=live}}
  • Steve Robertson of "Scotland the What?"{{cite web| url=http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/scotlandthewhat.php| title=Scotland the What?| access-date=21 December 2007| publisher=About Aberdeen| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071110024345/http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/scotlandthewhat.php| archive-date= 10 November 2007 | url-status= live}}
  • John Smith (architect){{cite book|last1=Fraser|first1=W. Hamish|last2=Lee|first2=Clive Howard|title=Aberdeen, 1800–2000: A New History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6az73FqFVMMC&pg=PA36|year=2000|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-86232-108-3|page=36}}
  • William Smith (architect){{cite web |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201859 |title=William Smith II - Basic Biographical Details |work=Dictionary of Scottish Architects |access-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102130629/http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201859 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |url-status=live }}
  • Annie Wallace, actress{{cite web |title=Actress and Former Pupil Annie Wallace to Visit School |url=https://grammar.org.uk/2018/05/14/actress-and-former-pupil-annie-wallace-to-visit-school/ |website=Aberdeen Grammar School |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230102842/https://grammar.org.uk/2018/05/14/actress-and-former-pupil-annie-wallace-to-visit-school/ |url-status=live }}
  • David Wedderburn (teacher), wrote Vocabula in 1636[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28955 "Wedderburn, David"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214055506/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28955 |date=14 February 2016 }}, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/golf_word.htm |title=Origin and meaning of the word "golf" |access-date=21 December 2007 |publisher=Scottish Golf History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212022324/http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/golf_word.htm |archive-date=12 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book| author=Turreff, Gavin| year=1859| title=Antiquarian Gleanings from Aberdeenshire Records| url=https://archive.org/details/antiquarianglea00turrgoog| publisher=King| isbn=1-4326-3337-6| page=[https://archive.org/details/antiquarianglea00turrgoog/page/n318 296]}}
  • John David Maitland Wright (1942-2023), research professor of mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, professor of mathematics at the University of Reading and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1978{{cite web |url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/news/22243/ |title=Obituary Professor John David Maitland Wright FRSE |publisher=University of Aberdeen |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929015753/https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/news/22243/ |url-status=live }}

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.grammar.org.uk/ Grammar School Webpage]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102203013/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/myschool/findaschool/schools/aberdeengrammarschoolaberdeencity.asp Aberdeen Grammar School's page on Parentzone]

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