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James McGregor ~ Minister and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

This entry was posted in Perth People and tagged Church of Scotland Minister Religious Figure Scone on July 20, 2014 by madeinpe

A Church of Scotland Minister born at Scone in 1832 and recognised as one of the foremost preachers of his time. Educated at St Andrews, he held ministries at Monimail in Fife, Tron in Glasgow and St Cuthberts’ in Edinburgh. In 1891 James McGregor was appointed Moderator of the General […]

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James Mackenzie ~ Medical Pioneer

This entry was posted in Perth People and tagged Medical Pioneer Perth Academy Scone on May 12, 2014 by madeinpe

The polygraph which forms the basis of the modern-day lie-detector was developed by a Perthshire man, James Mackenzie of Scone. Mackenzie was a well-known surgeon and founder of the the important Institute of Clinical Research in St Andrews. Mackenzie attended Perth academy where he was a classmate of the biologist, […]

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