The Dick Institute, Edinburgh
The vet school at the University of Edinburgh is named after William Dick (1793-1866).
William Dick was born on 6 May 1793, to Jean and John Dick, who had arrived in Edinburgh from the north some
six years previously.
It is assumed that Dick was born in White Horse Close, at the lower end of the Royal Mile that runs between the
Castle and Holyrood Palace, indeed Dick said that he was born at 'the Court end of the Canongate'. He was born
in an Edinburgh alive with intellectual changes in literature, medicine and science.
If you are interested, further biographical information may be found at http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/school/history/willdick.htmhttp://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/school/history/willdick.htm