Tomb of David Hume, Old Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh, designed by Robert Adam.
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Hume’s mausoleum was designed by his close friend, architect Robert Adam. Hume had written the following instructions regarding his burial in his will:
“I also ordain that, if I shall dye any where in Scotland, I shall be bury’d in a private manner in the Gallon Church Yard [also known as the Calton graveyard], the South Side of it, and a Monument be built over my Body at an Expence not exceeding a hundred Pounds, with an Inscription containing only my Name with the Year of my Birth and Death, leaving it to Posterity to add the Rest.”
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Contemporaneous Resource
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Licensed for Public Use