Aberdeen
Details
- Names
Aberdeen
Devana
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on North Sea coast; main center of country's fishing industry; originally two towns; burned by English under Edward II in 1336; suffered during Civl War in 1650s; noted for St. Nicholas Church (1755) by James Gibbs & King's College (1494).
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Blue Guide: Scotland (1980); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Active
Jonathan Comerford (British, born South Africa, active 20th and 21st centuries)
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