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Joseph Kinniburgh

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Joseph Kinniburgh, M.D., occupied No. 4 in 1844-45. He was born in Edinburgh on 06 April 1814, son of Robert Kinniburgh and Margaret McPherson. Robert Kinniburgh was a pioneer of communication with people who are deaf and mute and founded Edinburgh’s Deaf and Dumb Institution. Joseph Kinniburgh graduated M.D. at St Andrew’s and L.R.C.S. Edinburgh…

William Wilson

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William Wilson occupied Malta House between 1844 and 1848.[1] He was born in Edinburgh on 29 July 1802, son of William Wilson, a blacksmith, and Mary Ann Glover.[2] He was described as a clerk in Post Office Directories, in the record of his first marriage in 1828[3] and in the 1841 census.[4] In 1849 he…