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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Forfar , town (1991 pop. 12,652), Angus, E Scotland. Textiles, processed foods, iron goods, and farm tools are produced. Royalist in the civil wars, Forfar had its charter destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1651. It was reissued in 1665 by Charles II, who gave the town a tower that still stands. Author not available, FORFAR. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Alexander Sutherland Neill
Encyclopedia of World Biography ... education. A Failure at School Born in Forfar, Scotland, on Oct. 18, 1883, Alexander ... child in the family who was not sent on to Forfar Academy. At the age of 14, Neill went ... was no teaching method, leaving children free to learn by their own impulse. Rules were ... 1932); That Dreadful School (1937); ... Read more

Sir Charles Lyell
Encyclopedia of World Biography ... 1875) established the uniformitarian view of geology. Charles Lyell, the eldest son of Charles Lyell, was born at Kinnordy, Forfar, the family estate, on Nov. 14, 1797. During his early childhood, the family moved to Lyndhurst, Hampshire, where he received ... Read more

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