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 […]
Born in 1818 just outside Perth in the parish of Aberdalgie, James Lorimer is known for his work on international law. In 1862 he was appointed Professor of Public Law at Edinburgh University. James Lorimer died in 1890. He published several books the most significant of which are: The Institutes […]
A biochemist born in Crieff in 1924. he studied at Heriot-Watt College in Edinburgh and then undertook a PhD in biochemistry at Edinburgh University Medical School. George Boyd then rose from Lecturer to Reader and then full Professor in 1970. His main research interests involved the study of Cholesterol Metabolism […]
Known for being a palaeontologist, Ramsay Traquair was born at the Manse of Rhynd in Perthshire in 1840. After education at the University of Edinburgh he graduated a MD in 1862. Appointed as a Demonstrator at that university, he undertook that role for 3 years. He then performed similar posts […]
Lord Sands ~ Born Christopher Nicholson Johnston on 18 October 1857 in Kincardine, Perthshire to the minister of the parish of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. He attended Madras College in St Andrews, then St Andrews University, Edinburgh University and Heidelberg University. In 1880, Johnston became an advocate and began a long career […]