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  University of Edinburgh
       
           A university in the centre of Scotland's
          capital.  The University of Edinburgh has been promoting and
          setting standards in education for over 400 years.  Granted
          its Royal Charter in 1582 by James VI, the son of Mary Queen
          of Scots, the University was founded the following year by the
          Town Council of Edinburgh, making it the first
          post-Reformation university in Scotland, and the first civic
          university to be established in the British Isles.
       
          Known in its early years as King James College, or the Tounis
          (Town's) College, the University soon established itself
          internationally, and by the 18th century Edinburgh was a
          leading centre of the European Enlightenment and one of the
          continent's principal universities.  The University's close
          relationship with the city in which it is based, coupled with
          a forward-looking, international perspective, has kept
          Edinburgh at the forefront of new research and teaching
          developments whilst enabling it to retain a uniquely Scottish
          character.
       
          Edinburgh's academics are at the forefront of developments in
          the study and application of languages, medicine,
          micro-electronics, biotechnology, computer-based disciplines
          and many other subjects.  Edinburgh's standing as a world
          centre for research is further enhanced by the presence on and
          around University precincts of many independently-funded, but
          closely linked, national research institutes
       
          http://www.ed.ac.uk/)" rel="nofollow">Home (http://www.ed.ac.uk/).
       
          Address:  Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8
          9YL, UK.
       
          Telephone: +44 (131) 650 1000.
       
          See also ABSET, ABSYS, Alice, ASL+, Baroque,
          C++Linda, Cogent Prolog, COWSEL, Echidna, Edinburgh
          Prolog, Edinburgh SML, EdML, ELLIS, ELSIE,
          ESLPDPRO, Extended ML, Hope, IMP, LCF, Lisp-Linda,
          Marseille Prolog, metalanguage, MIKE, ML, ML Kit,
          ML-Linda, Multipop-68, Nuprl, Oblog, paraML,
          Pascal-Linda, POP-1, POP-2, POPLER, Prolog,
          Prolog-2, Prolog-Linda, Scheme-Linda, Skel-ML,
          Standard ML, Sticks&Stones, supercombinators,
          SWI-Prolog, tail recursion modulo cons, WPOP.
       
          (1995-12-29)