YOUR TITLE - Edinburgh Award 2022/2023 in a nutshell: When?: 19 October 2022 to 31 March 2023 Where?: University of Edinburgh What?: YOUR PROJECT NAME/FOCUS

This project aims to improve the Wikipedia coverage of Edinburgh related artists, banks, and writers by using museum exhibits and Edinburgh city as sources of information. It also aims to improve coverage of folklore and superstitions in Northumberland especially concerning the Denham Tracts.

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• Black Penny Y
• Turnbull (Northumberland)
• John Watson (American surgeon)
• John Hamilton Grey Mitchell
• Telegraphic codes of banks
• Samuel Hoare Junior

• Writers' Museum Y
• Makars' Court Y
• Bernat Klein Y
• Denham Tracts
• Existential quantification Y
• Lloyds Bank Y
• Scottish Widows Y
• Clerical Medical Y
• W Dowler & Sons button maker
• Alexander Crum Brown banknotes chemist Y
• William Home Lizars artist engraved Scottish Widows emblem Y
• John Steell embellishment of emblem 5 St Andrews Square Y
• Walter Crane Pegasus and Perseus Scottish Widows
• James Hogg lamb bought with bill Y
• Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton the shareholder Y
• Samuel Smiles thrift Y
• David Bryce architect adopted Y
• Thomas Hamilton (architect) architect not adopted Y
• Richard Price actuarial science, Northampton morality table Y
• James Dodson actuarial science, life expectancy Y

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• DiscoverEd
• Google Scholar
• Internet Archive
• National Museum of Scotland
• Edinburgh Central Library
• Museum on the Mound
• Writers' Museum
• National Library of Scotland

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