Bill Wilkie MBE is one of the great pillars of Scottish accordion music, a master and tireless champion of the instrument and an impresario and businessman who has promoted and encouraged many of the leading players on the Scottish music scene. Born in Perth on January 6, 1922, Bill began […]
The well-known comedian and singer Andy Stewart was born in Glasgow in 1933. However, he was educated in Perth. Beginning as an impressionist in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Andy Stewart made a reputation for himself with Ye Canna Shove yer Granny Off a Bus. Appearance on the White Heather Show […]
Lieutenant-General Robert Stuart of Annat and Rait Born at Powblack Farm (Doune) 13 May 1744 the son of a farmer, Robert Stuart joined the Bengal Army of the East India Company as a cadet in 1764. By the time he retired from that force in 1803 he reached the rank […]
A founder of the Scottish Liberal Church Party (1878), John Tulloch was born at Bridge of Earn in 1823. A theologian, he wrote widely on the church, religion and philosophy, most notably Beginning Life (1862) – an address to young men. Initially he was a Minister in Dundee (1844) and […]
“Sir Arthur was a Physical Anthropologist and an Anatomist. He was an excellent teacher and inspired many of his students. He is best known for his work on fossilised humanoid forms and as being a protégé of Charles Darwin. He was born on February 5, 1866 to John Keith and Jessie MacPherson. […]
Alan Gorrie native of Perth formed the Average White Band with friends in 1972. The Average White Band are a Scottish funk and rhythm and blues group with a number of hits between 1974 and 1980. They were one of the first performers at Perth Concert Hall – 30 September […]
Born in Perth in 1948 Donald Maxwell is an operatic baritone who has sung with all the major British opera companies as well as Milan, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, Nancy, Paris, Vienna, and Japan. Some of his roles are listed below: Gunther – Covent Garden 1991 Wozzeck – English National Opera […]
A Scottish Reformer and learned Hebrew scholar, John Row a senior Catholic Church member became in 1559 a Protestant and minister at Perth. Born around 1525 John Row was educated at Stirling and St Andrews, whereupon he was sent to the Vatican in Rome. As a protestant reformer he assisted […]
Scottish general that was also a gifted musician. Born in Perthshire in 1721, John Reid became a soldier in 1745 and steadily rose through the ranks. He both composed music and played the flute. Upon his death in 1807, £50,000 was bequeathed in his will to establish a chair of […]
“William Simpson (1823-1899), watercolour painter and journalist, was born on 28 October 1823 in a tenement in Carrick Street, Glasgow. He spent fifteen months at a writing-school in Perth, staying with his grandmother, but thereafter received no regular education. He trained as a lithographer under David Macfarlane in Glasgow. In […]