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Edinburgh School

George Dickson

Edinburgh, 1838–1910

Medical doctor and amateur luthier. Concocted his own amber varnish. [Rattray] — John Dilworth

Worked Edinburgh

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

DICKSON, George Born 1838, died 1910 Edinburgh, Scotland UK. Medical doctor and amateur luthier. Concocted his own amber varnish. [Rattray]

William Meredith Morris+

A doctor, and a clever amateur, who is also the discoverer of ” Dickson’s varnish.”

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein gesuchter Arzt, der viele Geigen mit bemerkenswerther Geschicklichkeit gemacht hat. Sein Hauptverdienst aber ist es, dass er als einer der Ersten die Verwendung fossilen Bernsteins zur Lackbereitung lehrte und seine Bedeutung als Geigenlack erkannte.

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