Editing Edinburgh Academy (section)

==Other notable staff==
* [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Galway)|D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]], classicist, taught at the school from 1852 to 1863<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803104249564|title=D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson|publisher=Oxford Reference|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[Arthur John Pressland|Arthur Pressland FRSE]] (1865–1934), educational theorist, linguist, schoolmaster and writer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Eagle/Eagle%20Chapters/Obituaries/Obituary_1930s.pdf|page=196|title=Obituary: Arthur John Pressland|publisher=St John's College, Cambridge|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[W. P. D. Wightman]] [[FRSE]], Science Master from 1923 to 1951<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 4026554|title = Obituary: William Persehouse Delisle Wightman: 4 June 1899-15 January 1983|journal = The British Journal for the History of Science|volume = 17|issue = 2|pages = 214–216|last1 = Smeaton|first1 = W. A.|year = 1984|doi = 10.1017/S000708740002094X|doi-access = free}}</ref>
* [[Jack Mendl]] (1911-2001), taught at the school from 1950 to 1977, also played cricket at first-class level<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/jack-mendl-2507538|title=Jack Mendl|date=1 November 2001|newspaper=The Scotsman|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
* Hamish Dawson (1927-2009), predatory teacher known for his "arbitrary and sadistic punishments",<ref name=brooks/> who later found work as a department store Father Christmas in Gloucester<ref name="Nicky Campbell: 'Abusive teacher at my school'"/><ref name="Child abuser worked as Father Christmas">{{cite news |last1=O'Mahony |first1=Marsha |title=Child abuser worked as Father Christmas in Gloucestershire stores, claims broadcaster Nicky Campbell|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/child-abuser-worked-father-christmas-7411896 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Gloucestershire Live |date=4 August 2022}}</ref>
* John Brownlee (b.1935), teacher and physical and mental abuser deemed too unwell to stand trial in 2023, and in March 2024 found to have repeatedly committed a number of violent assaults against pupils<ref name="Boy 6 'Abused'">{{cite news |last1=Horne |first1=Marc |title=Boy, 6, 'abused with hose for wetting bed at Edinburgh Academy'|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/boy-6-abused-with-hose-for-wetting-bed-at-edinburgh-academy-qnww0dpnp |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Times |date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Beatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth">{{cite news| last=Carrell | first=Severin | title=Beatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred |newspaper=The Guardian | date=27 March 2024 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/27/edinburgh-academy-john-brownlee-abuse}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Brooks | first=Libby | title=Former Edinburgh Academy teacher accused of torture will not stand trial |newspaper=The Guardian | date=30 November 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/30/former-edinburgh-academy-teacher-john-brownlee-accused-of-torture-will-not-stand-trial}}</ref>
* Jake Young (b.1935), gym teacher arrested and charged<ref name="Five men charged">{{cite news| last=Horne | first=Mark | title=Five men charged over alleged historical abuse at Edinburgh Academy |newspaper=The Times | date=12 December 2023 | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/five-arrests-over-sexual-abuse-at-edinburgh-academy-mkg3hm6z6}}</ref>
* Iain Wares (b.1939/40), teacher who sexually abused boys at [[Fettes College]] and the Edinburgh Academy with impunity over many years,<ref name=renton/><ref name=brooks/> exposed in the November 2023 BBC1 ''Panorama'' programme 'My Teacher the Abuser: Fighting for Justice'<ref name="My Teacher the Abuser">{{cite web |title=My Teacher the Abuser: Fighting for Justice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sy42 |website=BBC |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>