Royal Mile
Royal Mile ranks 13,549th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bornem, Sint-Amands, and Sint-Katelijne-Waver. Memorable people born in Royal Mile include David Hume. Royal Mile has been the birth place of many philosophers. Royal Mile is located in United Kingdom.
The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M. Gilbert's Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century (1901), describing the city "with its Castle and Palace and the royal mile between", and was further popularised as the title of a guidebook by R. T. Skinner published in 1920, "The Royal Mile (Edinburgh) Castle to Holyrood(house)". Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1711, Royal Mile was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including David Hume.
People Born in Royal Mile
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Royal Mile were philosophers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history philosophers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Royal Mile, including David Hume.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Royal Mile since 1700.
