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Mr. Peter Mackay, a teacher in
Glasgow, Scotland, accepted the post of headmaster and moved to ValparaĂso, arriving on 8 October in the year 1857. As the school grew in number, an assistant teacher was required. Mr. George Sutherland arrived to ValparaĂso from the "Moray House Training College",
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The Mackay School was founded in 1857 by Peter Mackay as The
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Towards the year 1866, the school’s average student number was 180. Mr. Thomas
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English, the American and especially for those of the Scottish craftsmen who worked in the railway workshops in ValparaĂso during the midst of the 19th century. Then, "The ValparaĂso Artizian School
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