Aberdeen, the chief seaport of northern Scotland. It is situated near the mouth of the river Dee, and on the German Ocean, sixty odd miles northwest of Edinburgh. Population, 178,210. The city is of local importance in the shipping of cloth, both woolen and linen, cotton yearn, paper, fish, grain, and cattle. It is the fourth port of Scotland, and is noted as a center of the granite industry. Aberdeen granite takes a fine polish. An ancient seat of learning, dating from 1494, one of four Scottish universities, is located at Aberdeen. It has seventy-nine professors, divided into four faculties,--arts, divinity, law, and medicine. There are about a thousand students. An art gallery, an art school, a fine old cathedral, and sixty churches are in keeping with the reputation of the city for learning and culture. The University sends a member to Parliament. Aberdeen is also one of the ancient centers of golf playing. The golf links extend along the seashore for some distance, and are noted in the history of the game. See GOLF; SCOTLAND.