Cottages in Denholm
Introduction
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Cottages in Denholm
Image: © Eileen Henderson Taken: 27 May 2006
The thatched cottage in the photo was the birthplace in 1775 of Dr John Leyden, son of a shepherd. At the age of 15, John Leyden enrolled at Edinburgh University, eventually qualifying both as a doctor and as a minister. He was an associate of Sir Walter Scott and a poet in his own right, and became an expert in oriental languages before his early death, at the age of 36, in Java.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.458431
Longitude
-2.684682