Thomas Aikenhead was a Scottish student from what a city that is the capital of Scotland, and is one of how many council areas?
Thomas Aikenhead Thomas Aikenhead (  March 1676  – 8 January 1697) was a Scottish student from Edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20 on a charge of blasphemy. He was the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy. This was 85 years after the death of Edward Wightman (1612), the last person to be burned at the stake for heresy in England.
Lord Provost A Lord Provost (Scottish Gaelic: "Àrd-Phrobhaist") is convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland. The role is similar to that of a mayor. Only the cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow have a Lord Provost; other Scottish local authorities have provosts or convenors.