"Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh"

Adam Smith male, deceased (1790): The Wealth of Nations, free markets, economics, Classical economist, Economist, philosopher…Royal Society of Edinburgh, University of Washington, JD University of Washington, JD University of Washington 1990, Fellow of the Royal Society; Adam Smith FRSE (baptised June 5 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. - July 17, 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist....

Walter Scott male, deceased (1832): Scottish historical novelist, the lady of the lake, waverley, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, english literature, Scottish…Royal High School alumni, From Edinburgh, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, The Heart of Midlothian; Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe...

James Watt male, deceased (1819): Member of the Lunar Society, steam power, University and college namesakes, from Inverclyde, steam engine, Alumni of the University of Glasgow…Lunar Society, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society; James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the...

Peter Guthrie Tait male, deceased (1901): physicist, mathematician, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, Scottish, Edinburgh Academical, Treatise on Natural Philosophy…Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh University, Professor of Mathematics at Queen; Peter Guthrie Tait (April 28, 1831 - July 4, 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, best known for the seminal energy physics textbook...

John Playfair male, deceased (1819): professor, physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, Scottish…university of edinburgh, University of Aberdeen, Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth, Alumni of the University of St Andrews, Academic of the University of Edinburgh; Professor John Playfair FRSE (March 10, 1748 - July 20, 1819) was a Scottish scientist. Playfair was professor of mathematics and later professor...

Cargill Gilston Knott male, deceased (1922): Seismology, physicist, coquaternion, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, Scottish, quaternion…Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Cargill Gilston Knott was born at Penicuik, Scotland. He was a pioneer in seismological research, working in Japan 1883 – 91. His writings di...

Tom Devine male, 64 years old: PhD, FRSE, Academic of the University of Edinburgh, Alumni of the University of Strathclyde, Academic of the University of Aberdeen, D.Litt…Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies, Order of the British Empire, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, university of edinburgh, University of Aberdeen; Professor Tom M Devine (Thomas Martin Devine) OBE FRSE FBA (born Motherwell, Scotland 1945) is a well-known and widely published Scottish...

William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin male, deceased (1907): Tripos Wranglers, buried at Westminster Abbey, thermodynamics, Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh…Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Order of Merit, President of the Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Alumni of the University of Glasgow; William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and...

James Alfred Ewing male, deceased (1935): Principal of the University of Edinburgh, magnetism, Fellow of the Royal Society, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, Scottish, High School of Dundee alumni…Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Principals of the University of Edinburgh, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, Academic of the University of Dundee; Sir James Alfred Ewing (27 March 1855 - 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties...

Fleeming Jenkin male, deceased (1885): professor, actor, tory, Scholar, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Business Person…Academic of the University of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society, FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh, university of edinburgh, Edinburgh Academical; Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin (March 25 1833 - June 12 1885) was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, remarkable for his...

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