| | | John Muir was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife,... | | Susan Deacon (born February 2 1964, Musselburgh) is a Scottish Labour Party politician and was a MSP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh from 1999... | | John Knox was a Scottish religious reformer who took the lead in reforming the Church in Scotland along Calvinist lines. He is widely regarded as... | | Dr. John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 - November 15, 1794), was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative... | | Alexander Carrick 1882–1966 was one of Scotland’s leading monumental sculptors of the early part of the 20th century. He was responsible for many... | | William Dunbar, Scottish poet, was probably a native of East Lothian. This is assumed from a satirical reference in the "Flyting of Dunbar and... | | Robert Moffat (born December 21, 1795 in Ormiston, Haddingtonshire; died August 9, 1883 in Leigh near Tunbridge Wells) was a Scottish... | | Jane Welsh Carlyle was the wife of essayist Thomas Carlyle, and has been cited as the reason for his fame and fortune. She was most notable as a... | | Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653 - September 1716) was a Scottish writer, politician and patriot. He was a Commissioner of the old Parliament of... | | Dorothy Iona Campbell (March 24, 1883 - March 20, 1945) was the first internationally dominant female golfer. She was also known in her lifetime as... | |