This page contains several articles about teachers, including;

• Teachers on the last day at Regent Road
• Teachers through the ages
• Influential Teachers – some of whom are credited with changing pupils direction and consequentially career prospects. Many of you will have your favourites, but check to see if yours is present – Anne Laing has just been added…

Teachers on the last day at Regent Road, 27th June 1968

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Information in this article has been augmented by Archie Davidson and Ian R C Cowie

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Teachers through the ages

This gallery includes entries from as early as 1893, with a stern group of ‘dominies’, augmented splendidly by two ladies, through March 2023 when a group of teachers were present at the annual Royal High School Club dinner.

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Influential Teachers

Hopefully, all teachers are influential in pupil development, but some teachers have been credited with changing pupils direction and consequentially career prospects. Many of you will have your favourites, but the current list includes:

• Jessie P Young (nee Brown) 1920’s to 1968 – Photograph and Tribute
• Dave Somerville – nominated by Alastair Allanach (1962)
• Nigel McIsaac – nominated by Stewart Mackinnon (1965)
• The Reverend Robert MacNicol – nominated by Stewart Mackinnon (1965)
• Wendy Reith – nominated by Alan Mitchell (1990)
• Philip Mackenzie – nominated by Jonathan Waterlow (2003)
• Jock Dewar – a perennial favourite – read Tom Bacciarelli’s tribute here
• Archie Davidson – nominated by Dame Anne Richards (1981) more to come, but highlights here, and a tribute to his painting skills here
• Tom Bacciarelli – 1978-2016 – nominated by many pupils – tribute here
• Anne Laing – nominated by Fraser Doherty (2006) – see below
• Pete Clark – read Pete’s funeral eulogy by Tom Bacciarelli here
• John Murray – we somehow managed to miss the late great John. Click here to read the announcement of his death, and here to read his summation of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s at School

Anne Laing

Anne inspired generations of Royal High School pupils in the tenets of Business Education, retiring in 2005 after 25 years on the permanent staff. This tribute includes an explanation of her close connection with Fraser Doherty, founder of SuperJam, who believes that he and many others were inspired by her inspirational and passionate teaching during his school days. Fraser first revealed this to us at the 2014 Prize Giving where he presented the Former Pupils address. There is a full biography available here, and the gallery shown below includes some images from her school life.

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