David Hume Mausoleum, Old Calton Cemetery
by Yvonne Johnstone
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David Hume Mausoleum, Old Calton Cemetery
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
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The David Hume mausoleum in Old Calton burial ground is the last resting place of Scotland’s greatest philosopher. Designed by his friend the famous architect Robert Adam, matching the philosopher's wish that on his death a "Monument be built over my body, with an Inscription containing only my Name and the Year of my Birth and Death, leaving it to Posterity to add the Rest."
Hume was also an influential historian, economist, and writer who lived in the Scottish capital from 1711 to 1776.
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April 10th, 2019
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