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<html> <head> <title>Edinburgh, Scotland</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Edinburgh, Scotland CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/</a> Population: 448,624 (2001 census) SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/244/000110911/">Fettes College</a></td><td><center>1870</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/976/000169469/">Heriot-Watt University</a></td><td><center>1821</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/565/000068361/">University of Edinburgh</a></td><td><center>1583</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/517/000098223/">HBOS</a></td><td><center>2001</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/508/000098214/">Royal Bank of Scotland</a></td><td><center>1727</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/396/000125021/">Bank of Scotland</a></td><td><center>1695</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/212/000173690/">Spottiswoode Aitken</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1933</tt></td> <td>Silent film actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/030/000164535/">John Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1958</tt></td> <td>Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000173546/">Tommy Armour</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Winner of 3 Majors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/851/000026773/">Alexander Graham Bell</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1847</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1922</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the telephone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000100815/">Sir Charles Bell</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Nov-1774</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1842</tt></td> <td>New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/691/000022625/">Tony Blair</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000085001/">James Boswell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1740</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1795</tt></td> <td>The Life of Samuel Johnson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/773/000137362/">Ewen Bremner</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Julien Donkey-Boy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000102910/">Gilbert Burnet</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1643</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1715</tt></td> <td>Bishop of Salisbury</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000102867/">John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1713</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1792</tt></td> <td>UK Prime Minister, 1762-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/092/000174567/">Donald Cammell</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1996</tt></td> <td>Performance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000161362/">Ian Charleson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1990</tt></td> <td>Chariots of Fire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000168366/">William Cochran</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-2003</tt></td> <td>Crystallography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000051034/">George Combe</a></td> <td><center>Paranormal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1788</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1858</tt></td> <td>Scottish phrenologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/799/000168295/">Iain Conn</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO Refining & Marketing, BP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000022815/">Sean Connery</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>James Bond</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000402684/">James Connolly</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1916</tt></td> <td>Irish nationalist, shot after Easter Uprising</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/796/000044664/">Ronnie Corbett</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-2016</tt></td> <td>The Two Ronnies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000161233/">Finlay Currie</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1968</tt></td> <td>Great Expectations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000096807/">Thomas Davidson</a></td> <td><center>Paleontologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1817</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1885</tt></td> <td>British Fossil Brachiopoda</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000043610/">Arthur Conan Doyle</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1930</tt></td> <td>Creator of Sherlock Holmes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000136812/">Lindsay Duncan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Perfect Strangers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/340/000179800/">John Dury</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1596</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1680</tt></td> <td>The Reformed Librarie-Keeper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/808/000343776/">Fish</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lead singer of Marillion, 1981-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/637/000104325/">Robert Garioch</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1981</tt></td> <td>Scots dialect poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/173/000134768/">Iain Glen</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Resident Evil: Apocalypse</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/361/000179821/">Kenneth Grahame</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td>The Wind in the Willows</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/377/000179837/">Douglas Haig</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td>British Field Marshall in WWI</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000101615/">Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Descartes: His Life and Times</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000100703/">John Scott Haldane</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1936</tt></td> <td>Breathing regulated by CO2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000101617/">Richard Burdon Haldane</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td>Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/301/000102992/">Francis Horner</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1778</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1817</tt></td> <td>Bullion Report</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000102993/">Leonard Horner</a></td> <td><center>Geologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1785</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1864</tt></td> <td>Scottish geologist, educator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000030720/">David Hume</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1711</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1776</tt></td> <td>Empiricist nonpareil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000104898/">James Hutton</a></td> <td><center>Geologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1726</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1797</tt></td> <td>Theory of the Earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000278838/">Frieda Inescort</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1976</tt></td> <td>A Place in the Sun</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000279114/">Alaric Jacob</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1995</tt></td> <td>A Window in Moscow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000101478/">James II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1430</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1460</tt></td> <td>King of Scotland, 1437-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000101443/">Leander Starr Jameson</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1917</tt></td> <td>Last Prime Minister of Capetown</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/474/000400271/">Ben Jelen</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Come On</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/417/000114075/">Alexander Gordon Laing</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1793</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1826</tt></td> <td>Explorer killed returning from Timbuktu</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/375/000205757/">Harry Lauder</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1950</tt></td> <td>Roamin' in the Gloamin'</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000137434/">John Mackenzie</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-2011</tt></td> <td>The Long Good Friday</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000114860/">Bruce Marshall</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1987</tt></td> <td>The White Rabbit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/102/000401893/">Arthur Marwick</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Feb-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-2006</tt></td> <td>The Deluge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/028/000164533/">David Maxwell Fyfe</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1967</tt></td> <td>UK Home Secretary, 1951-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/430/000072214/">James Clerk Maxwell</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1831</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1879</tt></td> <td>Maxwell's equations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/490/000278653/">Hugh McDermott</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1972</tt></td> <td>The Seventh Veil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000165074/">William McGonagall</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1825</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1902</tt></td> <td>The Tay Bridge Disaster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/314/000400111/">Fergus Millar</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rome the Greek World, and the East</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/913/000171400/">Keith Moffatt</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Fluid dynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/154/000046016/">Jamie Muir</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Experimental percussionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000366642/">Ian Nish</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Japanese Foreign Policy specialist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000102737/">John Ogilby</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1600</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1676</tt></td> <td>Royal Cosmographer, printer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000170200/">Jane G. Pepper</a></td> <td><center>Agriculturalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pennsylvania Horticultural Society</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000095121/">Lesley Rankine</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vocalist for Ruby and Silverfish</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000131055/">Ian Richardson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-2007</tt></td> <td>House of Cards</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000164366/">Malcolm Rifkind</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UK Foreign Secretary, 1995-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000128427/">Peter J. Robertson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Chevron</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/897/000031804/">Sir Walter Scott</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1771</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1832</tt></td> <td>Ivanhoe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/679/000086421/">Richard Norman Shaw</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1831</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1912</tt></td> <td>Late 19th c. British architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000102005/">Sir Robert Sibbald</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1641</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Aug-1722</tt></td> <td>Scottish physician and antiquary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/873/000098579/">Alastair Sim</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1976</tt></td> <td>Scrooge in A Christmas Carol</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000206459/">John Smibert</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1688</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1751</tt></td> <td>The Bermuda Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/993/000129606/">Iain Duncan Smith</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Conservative Party leader, 2001-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000102627/">Muriel Spark</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-2006</tt></td> <td>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000128983/">Dennis Stevenson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of HBOS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000031746/">Robert Louis Stevenson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1850</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1894</tt></td> <td>Treasure Island</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000097823/">Balfour Stewart</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1828</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td>Studied magnetism, radiant heat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000024500/">Marie Stopes</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1958</tt></td> <td>Scientist and birth control advocate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/969/000132573/">Ken Stott</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Messiah series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000056324/">Stuart Sutcliffe</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1962</tt></td> <td>Briefly a Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000098053/">James Syme</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1799</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1870</tt></td> <td>Leading Scottish surgeon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/390/000098096/">Archibald Campbell Tait</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1811</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1882</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Canterbury, 1868-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/782/000159305/">D'Arcy Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1948</tt></td> <td>On Growth and Form</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/355/000159875/">KT Tunstall</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1975</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Eye to the Telescope</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/765/000083516/">Tam White</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Scottish blues singer and actor</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/753/000099456/">Edward Victor Appleton</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td>Ionosphere, shortwave radio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000099252/">Charles Glover Barkla</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1944</tt></td> <td>X-ray scattering</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000102926/">William Burke</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1792</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1829</tt></td> <td>Cheap cadavers for science</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/959/000104647/">Thomas Chalmers</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1780</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1847</tt></td> <td>Free Church of Scotland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/879/000104567/">William Chambers</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1800</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1883</tt></td> <td>W. & R. Chambers, Ltd.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000180010/">A. J. Clark</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td>Drug responses</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000168366/">William Cochran</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-2003</tt></td> <td>Crystallography</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000400937/">Bernard Crick</a></td> <td><center>Political Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-2008</tt></td> <td>In Defence of Politics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000096641/">Lord Darnley</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1545</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1567</tt></td> <td>Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/088/000096797/">David II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1324</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1371</tt></td> <td>King of Scotland, 1329-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000094721/">Thomas De Quincey</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1785</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1859</tt></td> <td>Confessions of an English Opium-Eater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000196329/">T. R. Fraser</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1841</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td>Made poison and venom into medicine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/637/000104325/">Robert Garioch</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1981</tt></td> <td>Scots dialect poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000030720/">David Hume</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1711</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1776</tt></td> <td>Empiricist nonpareil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000028223/">Russell Hunter</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-2004</tt></td> <td>Scottish actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000104898/">James Hutton</a></td> <td><center>Geologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1726</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1797</tt></td> <td>Theory of the Earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000103826/">Archibald Johnston</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1611</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1663</tt></td> <td>Scottish presbyterian patriot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/832/000170322/">Nicholas Kemmer</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1998</tt></td> <td>Nuclear weapons and reactors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000094306/">John Knox</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1514</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1572</tt></td> <td>Scottish Reformation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/595/000116247/">Hugh MacDiarmid</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1978</tt></td> <td>A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000114872/">Compton MacKenzie</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1972</tt></td> <td>Carnival</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000095784/">St. Margaret</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1045</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1093</tt></td> <td>Queen of Scotland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000165074/">William McGonagall</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1825</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1902</tt></td> <td>The Tay Bridge Disaster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/926/000095641/">John Playfair</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1748</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1819</tt></td> <td>Huttonian Theory of the Earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/267/000049120/">William Robertson</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1721</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1793</tt></td> <td>History of Scotland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000030219/">Adam Smith</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1723</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1790</tt></td> <td>The Wealth of Nations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000097817/">Robert Stevenson</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1772</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1850</tt></td> <td>Scottish lighthouse designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000097831/">James Stirling</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1692</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1770</tt></td> <td>Methodus differentialis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000098053/">James Syme</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1799</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1870</tt></td> <td>Leading Scottish surgeon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000098100/">Peter Guthrie Tait</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1831</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1901</tt></td> <td>Treatise on Quaternions</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000048053/">Francis Henry Underwood</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1825</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1894</tt></td> <td>Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000094309/">George Wishart</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1513</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1546</tt></td> <td>Scottish religious reformer and martyr</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? 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