stone plaque · England

Sir Dr William Turner KCB DCL DSc FRS LLD

In this house was born on the 7th day of January 1832 Sir William Turner, K.C.B., F.R.S., D.Sc., LL.D., D.C.L., Knight of the Royal Prussian Order, Pour-le-Mérite, Professor in and Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University.

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