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James Gordon Bennett Sr. Bennett c. 1851 Born September 1, 1795Newmill, Banffshire, Scotland Died June 1, 1872 (aged 76)Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Occupation...
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James Gordon Bennett Sr. Bennett c. 1851 Born September 1, 1795Newmill, Banffshire, Scotland Died June 1, 1872 (aged 76)Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Occupation...
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde, FRGS (24 June 1829 – 12 February 1901) was a Scottish ship owner. Biography Born in Glasgow he was...
William Young (baptized 25 March 1843 – 1 November 1900) was a Scottish architect, the designer of Glasgow City Chambers. Biography Early...
1911 Sorley MacLean Born. Sorley MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle MacGill-Eain, sometimes “MacGilleathain” in earlier publications) was born at Osgaig on...
Peter Buchan (4 August 1790 – 19 September 1854) was a Scottish editor, publisher, and collector of ballads and folktales. Biography...
John Macvicar Anderson FRSE (11 July 1835, Glasgow – 9 June 1915, London) was a Scottish architect. He was born in Glasgow in 1835, the...
‘To measure is to know.’ – William Thomson William Thomson, who became Baron Kelvin of Largs, was a physicist, mathematician,...
Walters was born on 5 February 1849 at 6 South Terrace, Brompton, London, the son of the architect Frederick Page Walters—with...
Voted “the Greatest Canadian” in 2004, the diminutive Tommy Douglas was in fact born in Scotland and spent most of...
Joseph Knight was born in Africa, captured and enslaved in his youth and sent to the Caribbean, but he ended...
From outlaw to royal physician – Dr John Forrest From body snatching to royal physician: the changing fortunes of Dr...
Francis George Scott (25 January 1880 – 6 November 1958) was a Scottish composer often associated with the Scottish Renaissance. Born at...
Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM, OSC(14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was...
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of...
Rona Anderson (3 August 1926 – 23 July 2013) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in TV series and on...
Baikie was born at Kirkwall, Orkney, eldest son of Captain John Baikie, R.N. He studied medicine at Edinburgh, and, on obtaining his M.D. degree, joined...
Sir Thomas Sean Connery CBE (born 25 August 1930) is a Scottish retired actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA...
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, KCB, FRs FRAeS (13 April 1892 – 5 December 1973) was a British pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology. Watt began...
Alexander Bain lived from October 1811 to 2 January 1877. He was an instrument maker, an inventor and a clockmaker...
William Wallace was born in 1270 in a Scottish Town called Ayr, or in the immediate area of Ayrshire and...
William Adam (1689 – 24 June 1748) was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. He was the foremost architect of his time in...
James Chalmers (2 February 1782, in Arbroath – 26 August 1853, in Dundee) was a Scotsman (buried on 1 September 1853 in plot 526 Dundee Howff)...
(1812 – 1878) Macmillan was a Scottish blacksmith who is credited with the invention of the pedal bicycle. Kirkpatrick Macmillan...
James Watt (1736–1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist. He is famous for developing a separate condensing chamber...
Kaye Adams (born 28 December 1962) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist. She was an anchor on ITV topical discussion show Loose Women from 1999 to...
Peter Denny FRSE LLD (25 October 1821 – 22 August 1895) was a shipbuilder and shipowner based in Dumbarton, Scotland. Parents and education Denny...
Sir John Clerk 2nd Baronet (c. 1676 – 4 October 1755) was a Scottish politician, lawyer, judge and composer. He was Vice-President of...
Steven Brand is a Scottish actor. His feature debut was The Scorpion King (2002), where he portrayed Memnon. He has had many guest...
William Beardmore 1st Baron Invernairn, DL (16 October 1856 – 9 April 1936), known as Sir William Beardmore, Bt, between 1914 and 1921,...
Arthur Anderson (1792, Shetland – 27 February 1868, London) was a Scottish businessman and Whig politician. He was co-founder of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Career. He...
Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, FRSE RSA (5 April 1834 – 1 June 1921) was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert...
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting...
A tiny house in Ecclefechan, near Lockerbie, is the birthplace of one of the most significant thinkers in Scottish history, and has...
John George Bartholomew. FRSE FRGS (22 March 1860 – 14 April 1920) was a Scottish cartographer and geographer. As a holder of a royal warrant, he...
James Campbell Walker (11 April 1821 – 10 January 1888) was a Scottish architect in the 19th century, practising across the...
Anthony Robert McMillan OBE (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor. He gained worldwide recognition...
John Knox (c. 1514-1572) was a Scottish theologian and Protestant reformer who played a significant role in the Scottish Reformation....
Gordon Brown: The Statesman’s Journey Introduction: In the realm of British politics, few names carry as much weight as Gordon...
Colin Campbell (1 November 1686 – 9 May 1757) was a Scottish merchant and entrepreneur who co-founded the Swedish East India Company and was Swedish King Fredrik...
James Bremner (25 September 1784 – August 1856), a notable Scottish naval architect, harbour builder and ship-raiser. Life and work. James, the youngest...