A traditional folk singer, poet and songwriter, Belle Stewart was born in a wee bow tent by the River Tay near Caputh 18 July 1906. She is best known for her time with the Stewarts of Blair and her most famous recording is The Berryfields of Blair – this appears […]
A naturalist and surgeon that took part during the round-the-world trip aboard the Discovery under Captain George Vancouver of 1790-95. He was born in 1754 at Weems in Perthshire. During the trip Archibald Menzies made original collections of plants from across the globe, with important finds from British Columbia and […]
This journalist and songwriter was born in Perth in the year 1814. During the American Civil War, Charles MacKay was appointed the New York correspondent for The Times (1862-65). Prior to this he had edited the Glasgow Argus (1844-47) and the Illustrated London News (1848-59). His more famous songs are: […]
Between 1532 and 1534, Johannes Machebeus was Dominican Prior at Perth. As a religious reformer he was accused of heresy and sought refuge in England where he converted to Protestantism. There he married and eventually settled firstly in Germany and then in Denmark, where he was made Professor of Theology […]
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 […]