| |  | James Hutton (3 June 1726 O.S. (14 June 1726 N.S.), Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, noted for formulating... |  | William Topaz McGonagall (1825 - 29 September, 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor, and poet. He is comically renowned as one of the worst poets in... |  | William Robertson was a Scottish historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. ("The thirty years during which (he) presided over the... |  | Colin Maclaurin (February, 1698 - June 14, 1746) was a Scottish mathematician. He was born in Kilmodan, Argyll. His father, the Reverend John... |  | William Adam (1689-June 24, 1748) was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. Sometimes called Scotland's "Universal Architect", he was the... |  | George Buchanan, BA, MA (February, 1506 - September 28, 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. He was part of the Monarchomach movement. |  | Alexander Webster (1708 - January 25, 1784), Scottish writer and minister, son of James Webster, a covenanting minister originally from Fife, was... |  | Allan Ramsay (October 15, 1686 - January 7, 1758) was a Scottish poet. |  | Colonel Francis Charteris, ("baptised" 12 January 1672 - February 24 1732), nicknamed "The Rape-Master General," was a Scottish aristocrat who had... |  | Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir is one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets and formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic p... | |
