Walter Scott

Walter Scott

male, deceased (1832)
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe...
Robert Burns

Robert Burns

male, deceased (1796)
Robert Burns - known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and (in Scotland) simply as The Bard...
Neil M. Gunn

Neil M. Gunn

male, deceased (1973)
Neil Miller Gunn (November 8, 1891 - January 15, 1973) was a prolific novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of...
David Daiches

David Daiches

male, deceased (2005)
David Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and critic, scholar and writer. He wrote extensively on English and Scottish literature and...
George Douglas Brown

George Douglas Brown

male, deceased (1902)
George Douglas Brown (26 January 1869 - 28 August 1902) was a Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel "The House...
George Thomson

George Thomson

male, deceased (1821)
George Thomson (1757-1851), born at Limekilns, Fife, Scotland, was a noted collector of the Music of Scotland and a friend of Robert Burns. He was...
Muireadhach Albanach

Muireadhach Albanach

male, 909 years old
Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dalaigh was a Gaelic poet and crusader. His name and some textual evidence taken from his own poetry indicate that he was S...
Elizabeth Montagu

Elizabeth Montagu

female, deceased (1800)
Elizabeth Montagu (October 2, 1718 - August 25, 1800) was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, hostess, literary critic, and writer who...
Keith Charters

Keith Charters

male, 44 years old
Keith Charters (b 1965) is a British author and publisher. Born in Edinburgh, he grew up in Glasgow where he attended the University of...

Gillebríghde Albanach

male
Gillebríghde Albanach was a medieval Scottish poet and crusader. He took part, along with his fellow-Gael Muireadhach Albanach, in the Fifth C...