Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
Fettes College is a private coeducational independent boarding and day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, with over two-thirds of its pupils in residence on campus. It is sometimes referred to as a public school, although the term is traditionally used in Scotland for state schools. To perpetuate the memory of his only son William, who had predeceased him in 1815, Sir William Fettes (1750–1836), a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh and wealthy city merchant, bequeathed the then very large sum of £166,000 to be set aside for the education of poor children and orphans. After his death the bequest was effected and invested and the accumulated sum was then used to acquire the land, to build the main building and found the school in 1870. Fettes College thus opened with 53 pupils (40 were Foundation Scholars with 11 others boarding and 2 day pupils). An all-boys school until 1970, when female pupils were first admitted for the final year, Fettes has been fully co-educational since 1983.
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Location: Fettes College, Carrington Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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