- Gordon Brown
Dr James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service, the current Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and the Leader of the Labour Party since 27 June 2007. Before this, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007. - David Hume
David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment. Although in recent years interest in Hume's work has centred on his philosophical writing, it was as a historian that he first gained recognition and respect. - Sydney Smith
Sir Sydney Alfred Smith, one of the renowned forensic scientist, was born at Roxburgh, Otago, in New Zealand, on August 4, 1883. He was educated at Roxburgh public school, then at Victoria College, Wellington. Later he went to Edinburgh University where he won a Vans Dunlop scholarship in botany and zoology which supported him to the extent of £300 spread over three years. He graduated MB ChB with first-class honours and a research scholarship in 1912. - Joseph Black
Joseph Black (April 16,1728 - december 6,1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries on latent heat, specific heat, and for the discovery of carbon dioxide. He was a founder of thermochemistry, who developed many pre-thermodynamics concepts, such as heat capacity, and was the mentor for many, such as James Watt. The chemistry buildings at both Edinburgh and Glasgow universities are named after him. - David Smith
Sir David Smith was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1987 to 1994. - Nicol Stephen
Nicol Ross Stephen (born 23 March 1960) is leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South. He is a former Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning. He became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, later holding Deputy Minister positions for: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning; Education, Europe and External Affairs; and Education and Young People. - James Smith
James Smith was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1732 to 1736. He was also a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. - Robin Harper
Robin Harper is co-convener of the Scottish Green Party, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians. He is the party's spokesman on education and young people. Harper became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the United Kingdom. - William Hamilton
William Hamilton was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian. Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh 1709 to 1732, and the Principal of the University from 1730 to 1732. He began in 1694 as a minister at Cramond. He was also a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. :"The elder Hamilton was an influential figure in the growth of “early moderatism”, and several of his students, including Wishart, were prominent Rankenians." - Michael Moore
Michael Kevin Moore (born 3 June 1965) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Scotland, in the 1997 general election, succeeding David Steel. He was similarly returned to the successor seat, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk in the 2005 election. Since March 2006 he has been the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary. - William Turner
Sir William Turner (born 7 January 1832 in Lancaster, died 15 February 1916 in Edinburgh) was a British anatomist and was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1903 to 1916. Turner was educated at various private schools, and afterwards studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's hospital, and graduated M.B. at London University. In 1854 he became senior demonstrator in anatomy at Edinburgh University. - David Brewster
Sir David Brewster,FRS, (11 December 1781 - 10 February 1868) was a Scottish scientist, inventor and writer. He was born at Jedburgh, where his father, a teacher of high reputation, was rector of the grammar school. At the age of twelve, he was sent to the University of Edinburgh, being intended for the clergy. However, he had already shown a strong inclination for natural science, and this had been fostered by his intimacy with a "self-taught philosopher, … - Charles Hope
Charles Hope (1763 - 1851), was a Scottish politician and judge. The eldest son of John Hope (1739-85), he studied law at Edinburgh University. He was admitted as an advocate in 1784 and was appointed sheriff of Orkney in 1792. He was Member of Parliament for Edinburgh from 1803 to 1805. He was appointed Lord Advocate from 1801 to 1804. He was raised to the bench as Lord Granton and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1804 to 1811, … - Andrew Smith
Dr. Sir Andrew Smith KCB (December 3, 1797 - August 12, 1872) was a Scottish surgeon, naturalist, explorer and zoologist. Smith was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He obtained a good education by diligence and hard work and qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University obtaining an M.D. in 1819, having joined the Army Medical Services in 1816. - Samuel Rutherford
(1600-1661). "Scottish pastor and theologian. He was born of farming stock at Nisbet in Roxburghshire, and gave evidence of grace and of spiritual insight in boyhood; his mind was always sensitive to spiritual impressions. He entered Edinburgh University in 1617, graduated M.A. in 1621, and two years later after a competitive examination was appointed professor of Latin language and literature in the university. - Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 - 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. Fleming published many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known achievements are the discovery of the enzyme lysozyme in 1922 and isolation of the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus "Penicillium notatum" in 1945, for which he shared a Nobel Prize with Florey and Chain. - Max Born
Max Born (December 11, 1882 - January 5, 1970) was a German mathematician and physicist. He won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics - Simon Frith
Simon Frith is a former rock critic and a sociologist who specializes in popular music culture, and the brother of guitarist Fred Frith and psychologist Chris Frith. He read PPE at Oxford and did a doctorate in Sociology at UC Berkeley. He taught in the Sociology Department at Warwick University and the English Studies Department at Strathclyde University. In 1999 he came to the University of Stirling as Professor of Film and Media. - Robert Leighton
Robert Leighton (born 1611, died 25 June 1684) was a Scottish prelate and scholar, best known as a church minister, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1653 to 1662. He was "noted for his Christian piety, his humility and gentleness, and his devotion to his calling". - Marshall Hall
Marshall Hall (1790 - 1857) was an English physician and physiologist. His name is attached to the theory of reflex arc mediated by the spinal cord, to a method of resuscitation of drowned people, and to the elucidation of function of capillary vessels. Hall was born on the February 18 1790, at Basford, near Nottingham, England, where his father, Robert Hall, was a cotton manufacturer. Having attended the Rev. - William Adam
William Adam, KC (2 August 1751 - 17 February 1839) was a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament and subsequently a Judge. He was the only surviving son of John Adam, architect and master mason to the Board of Ordnance in Scotland. His political career was affected by his father's periodic financial problems, as sometimes the family had substantial wealth and sometimes it was in difficulties, … - Kirsty Wark
Two children. Co-owner of Wark Clements production company with her husband A Guinness drinker. Holds a degree in Scottish Studies from Edinburgh University. - Henry Drummond
Henry Drummond (August 17, 1851 - March 11, 1897), Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer, was born in Stirling. He was educated at Edinburgh University, where he displayed a strong inclination for physical and mathematical science. The religious element was an even more powerful factor in his nature, and disposed him to enter the Free Church of Scotland. - Peter Guthrie Tait
Peter Guthrie Tait (April 28, 1831 - July 4, 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, best known for the seminal energy physics textbook "Treatise on Natural Philosophy", which he co-wrote with Kelvin. - William Muir
Sir William Muir, was a Scottish Orientalist. He was born at Glasgow and educated at Kilmarnock Academy, at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, and at Haileybury College. In 1837 he entered the Bengal Civil Service. He served as secretary to the governor of the North-West Provinces, and as a member of the Agra revenue board, and during the Mutiny he was in charge of the intelligence department there. In 1865 he was made foreign secretary to the Indian Government. - John Rae
John Rae (1796, Footdee, Scotland - 1872, New York), Scottish/Canadian economist, was an adventurous Scotsman who emigrated to Canada in 1822, worked for a long time as a schoolmaster and finally ended up as a medical inspector in Hawaii. He studied medicine for a number of years in Edinburgh University, but was probably forced to give up his studies due to financial problems of his father. He emigrated and worked in different parts of Canada, … - H. R. Mackintosh
Hugh Ross Mackintosh (1870-1936) was a Scottish theologian, and parish minister. He was born in Paisley, where his father held the Free Church Gaelic charge. He attended Edinburgh University, before proceeding to New College, Edinburgh to study divinity. He also took sessions at Freiburg, Halle and Marburg, where he became a particular friend of Wilhelm Herrmann). His major theological work was his massive study on the person of Christ. - John Fraser
John Fraser was the Principal of Edinburgh University from 1944 to 1948. Fraser House (now renamed Holland House) and Fraser Court at Pollock Halls of Residence were named after him. - John Kay
John Kay is a Scottish economist. Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh University and Nuffield College, Oxford. He has been a fellow of St John's College, Oxford since 1970. He was a Lecturer in economics at University of Oxford from 1971–78. In 1979, he became Research Director and the Director of the independent think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies. - Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Clifford Edmund Bosworth (born December 29, 1928, Sheffield, United Kingdom) is an English historian and orientalist, specializing in Arabic studies. He received his B.A. degree from Oxford University and M.A. and Ph.d. degrees from Edinburgh University. He held permanent posts at St. Andrews University, Manchester University, and Center for the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of about 100 articles in academic journals and composite volumes. - John Fowles
John Robert Fowles (March 31, 1926 - November 5, 2005) was an English novelist and essayist. He was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the son of Robert J. Fowles, a prosperous cigar merchant, and his wife, Gladys Richards. After attending Bedford School and Edinburgh University, he studied at New College, Oxford, where he studied both French and German, although he dropped German and concentrated on French for his BA. After his studies, … - Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim, CBE (October 9, 1900 - August 19, 1976) was a Scottish character actor, whose comic appearance ensured him success in a string of classic British films. He is best known for his role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, into a family of tailors, he was educated at George Heriot's School and went on to become an elocution lecturer at New College, Edinburgh University from 1925 until 1930, … - Michael Grant
Michael Grant CBE (21 November 1914 - 4 October 2004) was an English classicist and numismatist. According to his obituary he was "one of the few classical historians to win respect from [both] academics and a lay readership". Immensely prolific, he wrote and edited more than 50 books of nonfiction and translation, covering topics from Roman coinage and the eruption of Vesuvius to the Gospels and Christ. - David Edward
Professor Sir David Alexander Ogilvy Edward, KCMG, QC, FRSE, (b 1934) is a Scottish lawyer and academic and sat as a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities between 1992 and 2004. Sir David read Classics at Oxford and Law at Edinburgh University. After National Service in the Royal Navy he was called to the Scottish Bar in 1962 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974. - Michael Swann
Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, FRS (1920-22 September 1990) was a distinguished molecular and cell biologist working on the mechanisms of cell division and fertilisation. He used cell polarisation methods to understand the changes in molecular organisation of the mitotic spindle. With his collaborator Murdoch Mitchison, he found evidence in support of a new theory of cell division. - William Graham
William Graham PC (29 July 1887 - 8 January 1932) was a British Labour politician. Born in Peebles, he was educated at Peebles Public School and George Heriot's School, Edinburgh. After a time as a junior clerk in the War Office, he became a journalist. He joined the Independent Labour Party in 1906, and was elected to Edinburgh Town Council in 1913. He gained an MA from Edinburgh University in 1915, and was later awarded an Honorary LLD by the University in 1927. - Robert Rowand Anderson
Robert Rowand Anderson (1834 - 1921) was an important Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London. He left Scott's office in 1859 and set up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. During the 1860s his main work was small churches in the 'first pointed' style that is characteristic of Scott's former assistants. By 1880 his practice was designing the most prestigious public and private buildings in Scotland. - Mary Stewart
Mary Stewart, maiden name Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow, (born 12 September 1916 in Sunderland, County Durham) is a popular English novelist, best known for her series about Merlin, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and the fantasy genre. She graduated from Durham University. She was a lecturer in English Language and Literature there until her marriage in 1945 to Sir Frederick Stewart, … - Michael Ancram
The Mt. Hon. Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC QC, MP, (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael (Earl of) Ancram, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is Member of Parliament for Devizes, and a former member of the Shadow Cabinet. - Alexander Murray
Alexander Murray (1775-1813) was a linguist, born at Dunkitterick, Kirkcudbrightshire. He graduated at Edinburgh University, became parish minister of Urr in his native shire (1806) and professor of Oriental languages in Edinburgh University (1812). He died April 15, 1813. Murray edited in a thorough manner Bruce's "Travels" (1805; new edition, …
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