Henry Home ~ Lord of Session
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782) – A Lord of Session and antiquarian, Lord Kames was also a land reformer, improving the Blair Drummond estates. Buried at Kincardine kirkyard (NS 719988).
Perth People
Andrew Brodie ~ Covenanter
Andrew Brodie – Shot 1678 near Culteuchar Hill for his Covenanting sympathies. Headstone, the original of which is in church vestibule at Forgandenny kirkyard (NO 088183).
James Croll ~ Physicist
James Croll – A Scottish physicist born at Coupar Angus (Little Whitefield) in 1821. Although only educated to elementary level, Croll taught himself science. Amongst his positions were millwright, insurance agent and keeper of the museum of Anderson’s College, Glasgow. Croll was part of the Scottish Geological Survey of 1867-81 and […]
John James Richard Macleod~ Nobel Prize Winner and Developer of Insulin
John James Richard Macleod (1876-1935) was born at Cluny near Dunkeld. He was part of a team that developed the use and extraction of insulin. Whilst based in Canada he worked with F. G. Banting to extract and prove the value of insulin in the control of diabetes. For this […]
Patrick Blair ~ Botanist, Surgeon, and Anatomist
The first ever dissection of an elephant was undertaken by Patrick Blair in 1706. Blair was born around 1680 at Lethendy in Perthshire, the third son of George Blair, a farmer and Euphame. Blair was apprenticed to a surgeon-apothecary from the late 1680s, probably in Coupar Angus. He spent the […]
Robert Campbell of the Yukon ~ Explorer
“CAMPBELL, ROBERT, farmer, fur trader, and explorer; b. 21 Feb. 1808 in Glen Lyon, Scotland; m. 5 Aug. 1859 Elleonora C. Stirling at Norway House (Man.), and they had three children; d. 9 May 1894 at Merchiston Ranch, near Riding Mountain, Man. An assistant on his father’s sheep farm in […]
Robert Campbell ~ Glencoe Massacre
Captain Robert Campbell (1630-1696), 5th Laird of Glen Lyon, second son of Archibald Campbell of Glen Lyon from whom he inherited Meggernie Castle. Campbell oversaw the improvement of the castle. A combination of building expenditure, gambling debts, and a Bacchanalian lifestyle led eventually to potential bankruptcy from which only the […]
Alexander Stewart ~ Shoemaker and Gaelic Scholar
Alexander Stewart: A shoemaker and Gaelic scholar. He wrote the book A Highland Parish about the parish of Fortingall (includes Glen Lyon and Rannoch). He wrote one of the first Scots Gaelic Grammar texts: Elements of Gaelic Grammar.
Adam Abel ~ Chronicler
Adam Abel: Franciscan friar and chronicler known for his The Roit (or Quheill of Tyme) – A Chronicle written in the Scots language. He was originally an Augustinian canon regular at Inchaffray Abbey (1495 to at least 1510). He is most probably buried at Jedburgh friary. Abel was born around 1475/80 […]
Thomas Maclagan ~ Medical Pioneer
Thomas Maclagan (1838–1903) was a doctor and pharmacologist from Scone. He was medical superintendent at Dundee Royal Infirmary from 1864 to 1866. During this time he had to cope with a major fever epidemic, leading him to pioneer the clinical use of thermometers. His most important work, however, was the […]