Gabriel Jacques Surenne was a 19th-century French

France

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 military

Military

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 historian

Historian

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 who authored numerous publications in the fields of warfare and battle analysis and also in French grammar. Gabriel Surenne was a master at the Scottish Military and Naval Academy, an Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 institution 'for training young men, chiefly for the service of the royal and East India Company's services; Surenne also contributed to the various branches of military education such as fortification, military drawing, gun-drill, and military exercises. The Academy was closed in the late 19th century.

Theory of Mons Graupius

Surenne analysed the noted historic battle of Mons Graupius and concluded in a letter to Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

 that the most likely location of this first recorded battle in Scottish history was in the vicinity of Kempstone Hill

Kempstone Hill

Kempstone Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 132 metres above mean sea level. This hill has been posited by Gabriel Jacques Surenne, Archibald Watt and C.Michael Hogan as the location for the...

 and the Raedykes

Raedykes

Raedykes is the site of a Roman marching camp located just over 3 miles NW of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. National Grid Reference NO 842902...

Roman Camp.