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the son of a manufacturer in stockbridge, on the water of leith: a former village now within the city of edinburgh. he had an older brother, born in , called william raeburn. his ancestors were believed to have been soldiers, and may have taken the name "raeburn" from a hill farm in annandale, held by
sir walter scott's family. orphaned, he was supported by william and placed in heriot's hospital, where he received an education. at the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to the goldsmith james gilliland of edinburgh, and various pieces of jewellery, mourning rings and the like, adorned with minute...
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