Roslin
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Scotland:
- Roslin, MidlothianRoslin, MidlothianRoslin is a pretty village in Midlothian, Scotland, 7 miles to the south of the Scottish Capital city Edinburgh. It is situated approximately 12 miles from Edinburgh Airport.-The name:...
, (sometimes spelt Rosslyn or Roslyn) a village in Midlothian, south of Edinburgh, Scotland, Home to the famous Rosslyn ChapelRosslyn ChapelRosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew, was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Roman Catholic collegiate church in the mid-15th century... - Roslin CastleRoslin CastleRoslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located around 9 miles south of Edinburgh, on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous Rosslyn Chapel.There has been a castle on the site since the early 14th...
- Roslin Institute, where Dolly the Sheep was cloned
- Battle of RoslinBattle of RoslinThe Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. It is the subject of an extremely highly-coloured account written by Walter Bower in the mid-15th century which bears no relationship to the contemporary evidence.It...
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United States of America
- Roslin HouseRoslin HouseRoslin House in Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA, was built in 1911 for Horace B. Forman Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth Chandlee Forman. The Philadelphia Quaker architect William L. Price designed and built the house from sketches provided by the Formans. Dr. H. Chandlee Forman, son of Horace and...
, the Spanish House of Haverford College - Roslin Art GalleryRoslin Art GalleryThe Roslin Art Gallery is an art gallery located in Glendale, California that is dedicated to preserving Armenian folk art. It is named after Toros Roslin, the most prominent master of the Armenian illuminated manuscript in the Middle Ages. The gallery aspires to promote and introduce Armenian art....
People:
- Toros RoslinToros RoslinToros Roslin ; circa 1210–1270) was the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle Ages. Roslin introduced a wider range of narrative in his iconography based on his knowledge of western European art while continuing the conventions established by his predecessors...
, a 13th century Armenian Byzantine-style manuscript illuminator (active 1256-1268) - Helisaeus RoeslinHelisaeus RoeslinHelisaeus Roeslin was a German physician and astrologer who adopted a geoheliocentric model of the universe. He was one of five observers who concluded that the Great Comet of 1577 was located beyond the moon...
, German physician, astrologer and astronomer, 1544-1616 - Alexander RoslinAlexander RoslinAlexander Roslin was a Swedish portrait painter.-Life:Roslin was born on July 15, 1718, in Malmö, Sweden. In 1759 he married Marie-Suzanne Giroust. He plied his trade in Stockholm, Bayreuth, Vienna, Paris and Italy...
, Swedish painter, 1718-1793 - Gaby RoslinGaby RoslinGaby Roslin is an English television presenter and actress. She rose to fame while co-presenting The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 between 1992 and 1996, and also presented the BBC's Children in Need charity appeal from 1994 to 2004....
, British television presenter.
Fictional characters:
- Laura RoslinLaura RoslinHer first actions include organizing all FTL-capable ships together and convincing Commander William Adama to abandon a retaliatory attack on the Cylons. President Roslin and Billy Keikeya, her aide/press secretary/chief of staff, establish a working office space aboard her transport, renamed...
, a main character from Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)
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Rosslyn can refer to:* Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland* Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia, United States** Rosslyn , the Washington Metro station serving Rosslyn* Rosslyn, Ontario, Canada...
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-Places:* Roslyn, Manawatu-Wanganui, a suburb of the city of Palmerston North* Roslyn, Otago, a suburb of the city of Dunedin and a former electorate Roslyn...