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Saint Nicholas' Church, Aberdeen was founded in 1151 and known as the 'Mither Kirk'. It was one of the largest churches of the time in Scotland: late twelfth-century and fifteenth century parts still survive. The church was split into two churches, West (the town kirk) and East, at the Reformation, and both ends were later remodelled after periods of disrepair and misuse. The West, the old nave, was rebuilt in 1755, according to plans drawn up by James Gibb, and the East, the old sanctuary, was rebuilt by Archibald Simpson in 1837. The parish of Old Greyfriars, with a church by Marischal College, was also connected with St. Nicholas'. The crypt, previously St. Mary's Chapel, was for some time a separate Gaelic church in the late eighteenth century. The church, with an excellent peal of bells and a fine arched screen by John Smith, is a major feature of Union Street, the main thoroughfare of Aberdeen.
Alexander Macdonald Munro (1860-1911), historian. Munro was born in Aberdeen in 1860 and educated at Robert Gordon?s Hospital in the city. At the age of seventeen, after leaving school, he joined the local council as an employee, working in the City Chamberlain?s department. He had a keen interest in antiquarian history, and wrote a good deal about the history of Aberdeen?s administration. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and was a member of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society. He became City Chamberlain in 1905, and died in 1911.
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