(Robert) Douglas Strachan – stained glass artist – (1875-1950) was a notable stained glass artist. He was responsible for the window of the Knox chapel in St John’s Kirk, Perth. Strachan was born in Aberdeen and studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen and at the Royal Academy in London. Strachan’s designs are […]
Patrick Haldane – politician and lawyer – born to John Haldane of Gleneagles (as a Whig represented Perthshire and Dunbartonshire in parliament; member of the first parliament of the UK) and Mary Drummond (daughter third Lord of Madderty and Lady Beatrix Graham) around 1683/4. He attended St Andrews University and attained […]
Robert Johnson (1770-1796) – draughtsman and engraver – born in County Durham and apprenticed as a copperplate-engraver. Developing as an artist, Johnson began to produce book illustrations and drawings. In 1794, Johnson set himself up in Newcastle as a copperplate-engraver. In the summer of 1796, Johnson accepted a commission from the […]
Jess Smith is a writer, singer and traditional story-teller who lives in Perthshire (near Crieff). She has written several novels and is both a historian and commentator on and from the Travellers of Scotland. Jess Smith is the mother of three children and grandmother to six. As well as writing, […]
Professor Donald B McIntyre – geologist (mountaineer, piper, scholar and writer) – was born in Edinburgh in 1923. He was educated at Giffnock, George Watson College (Edinburgh) and later Grantown Grammar School in Inverness-shire. After attending Edinburgh University from where he graduated in geology, McIntyre continued his studies in Switzerland. […]
The Threipland Family of Perthshire are recorded as existing in Perth from 1600. Patrick Threipland was a merchant, magistrate and Provost (1665). He was knighted in 1674 and made a Baron in 1687. In 1672 he bought the estate of Fingask (Carse of Gowrie). As a result of being an […]
There is a suggestion that William Shakespeare came to Perth in 1589 as part of a troupe of English players. This company performed at the Amphitheatre in Perth – located outside the city walls and close to the Dewars Centre roundabout. William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and mother […]