| Former: John Watson's Institution Current: Modern One | |
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 John Watson's Institution, now home ofModern One of theScottish National Gallery of Modern Art. (photo: August 2002) | |
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75 Belford Road , | |
| Coordinates | 55°57′03.09″N3°13′39.23″W / 55.9508583°N 3.2275639°W /55.9508583; -3.2275639 |
| Information | |
| Motto | Stabimus (Latin) (we shall stand) |
| Established | 1762 |
| Closed | 1975 |
TheJohn Watson's Institution was a school established inEdinburgh, Scotland in 1762. The building was designed in theGreek Revival style in 1825 by architectWilliam Burn,FRSE (1789–1870). Following the closure of the school in 1975,[1] the building was left vacated for a number of years before becoming home toModern One of theScottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
In 1762 John Watson, an Edinburgh solicitor andWriter to the Signet, left the residue of hisestate forcharitable purposes for children in the Edinburgh area.[a] In 1975 the school was closed and in 1984 the organisation was changed by Parliament[2] to the John Watson's Trust in order to distribute funds from the sale of its assets.[3]
The school magazine was known asThe Levite.[4]
John Forbes (1802–1899) became Headmaster, and Governor of John Watson's Institution around 1840. He was a son ofPatrick Forbes (1776–1847), a minister in theChurch of Scotland from 1829 to 1830 and a Professor of Humanities and Chemistry at theUniversity of Aberdeen.[5]
John Langhorne was born atTonbridge,Kent, in 1862. He was educated atWestminster School andTrinity College, Cambridge. His first appointments were Queen Elizabeth's school,Dedham andChrist's College,Finchley. He moved to Edinburgh in 1890 and for seven years was master atLoretto School,[6] which had been founded by a distant relative, Thomas Langhorne. John Langhorne died whilst on a visit toBarnard Castle on 27 August 1925 and is buried there. He had been a member of the Association for Teachers in Secondary Schools (Scotland). After his death a bronze tablet was installed in his memory at the school.[7] He was the son of theReverend John Langhorne and died without issue.
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