The Edinburgh grave of one of Scotland’s greatest naturalists has been vandalised and a valuable bronze plaque stolen.
Former University of Aberdeen professor William MacGillivray died in 1852 and laid in an unmarked plot in the New Calton Burial Ground until 1900 when a memorial was raised by former students and admirers.
A bronze plaque based on a painting of a Golden Eagle by MacGillivray was inserted into the nine foot tall pink Peterhead granite stone erected at that time. The metalwork was commissioned from David Watson Stevenson RSA, a well known Scots sculptor.
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