Material that I have collected on ‘Dr Syntax’:
1820s’ John Sheriff:
Early 1800s sketchbook and lecture notes by John Sheriff:
Early 1800s sketchbook and lecture notes by John Sheriff:
1804 map: Where Elder Street once met George Square [home for ‘Dr Syntax’]:
1851 map:
Sir William Forbes [who supported ‘Dr Syntax’]:
22 August 1844, Perthshire Advertiser:
17 June 1845, Fife Herald:
Early 19 century, St James Square, Edinburgh:
31 December 1890, The Scotsman:
7 July 1892, The Scotsman:
2 November 1901, The Scotsman:
14 January 1928, Edinburgh Evening Times:
26 August 1944, Edinburgh Evening News:
26 August 1944, Edinburgh Evening News:
17 June 1961, Edinburgh Evening News:
5 November 1994, The Scotsman:
5 November 1994, The Scotsman:
J Kennaway on ‘Dr Syntax’:
1970s: St James Square, Edinburgh is demolished:
Unpublished portraits of Walter Scott:
