▁would ▁have ▁had ▁influence ▁over ▁whether ▁they ▁could ▁res ide ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁border . ▁Scotland ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁the ▁Jew ▁Bill , ▁en act ed ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 3 , ▁but ▁repe aled ▁the ▁next ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁gradu ate ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Glasgow ▁who ▁was ▁open ly ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁Jewish ▁was ▁Le vi ▁My ers , ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 7 . ▁Un like ▁their ▁English ▁contempor aries , ▁Scottish ▁students ▁were ▁not ▁required ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁religious ▁o ath . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 5 , ▁H erman ▁Lyon , ▁a ▁dent ist ▁and ▁chi rop od ist , ▁bought ▁a ▁bur ial ▁plot ▁in ▁Edinburgh . ▁Origin ally ▁from ▁M og endorf , ▁Germany ▁he ▁left ▁there ▁around ▁ 1 7 6 4 ▁and ▁spent ▁some ▁time ▁in ▁Holland ▁before ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁London . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Scotland ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 8 . ▁The ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁plot ▁on ▁Cal ton ▁Hill ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁obvious ▁today , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁marked ▁on ▁the ▁Or dn ance ▁Survey ▁map ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁as ▁" J ew ' s ▁Bur ial ▁v ault ". ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Jewish ▁con greg ation ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁when ▁the ▁Edinburgh ▁community ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁families . ▁The ▁first ▁con greg ation ▁in ▁Glasgow ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 , ▁and ▁that ▁of