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- Wallace,
James
Usually called Colonel Wallace, leader of the Covenanters at the battle
of Pentland hills.
- Wallace,
Robert
Celebrated as the author of a work on the numbers of mankind, and for
his exertions in establishing the Scottish Ministers’ Widows’ Fund.
- Wallace,
William
A talented mathematician.
- Wallace, William
Scots patriot in the time of Robert the Bruce.
- Wardlaw,
Henry
Bishop of St Andrews, and founder of the university there.
- Wardlaw,
Ralph
An able controversialist, eloquent preacher, and graceful popular
writer.
- Watson, Robert
Author of the History of the Reign of Philip II. of Spain.
- Watson-Watt,
Sir Robert
Inventor of the radar.
- Watt,
James
When Edison's generator was coupled with Watt's steam engine, large scale
electricity generation became a practical proposition. James Watt, the Scottish inventor
of the steam condensing engine, was born in 1736. His improvements to steam engines were
patented over a period of 15 years, starting in 1769 and his name was given to the
electric unit of power, the Watt.
- Watt, Robert
The author of the BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA, and of several medical
treatises.
- Waugh,
Alexander
An eminent divine of the United Secession church.
- Webster,
Alexander
An eminent divine and statistical inquirer.
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Wedderburn, Alexander
First earl of Rosslyn.
- Wedderburn,
David
A poet of considerable eminence.
- Wedderburn,
James
A poet of the sixteenth century.
- Weir, Tom
Climber, Photographer, Broadcaster
- Welch, John
A celebrated divine of the seventeenth century.
- Wellwood, Sir
Henry Moncrieff
An eminent divine.
- Welsh, David
A distinguished scholar and divine.
- West, John
Pioneer and salmon canner
- Wilkie, Sir
David
The Burns of Scottish Painting.
- Wilkie,
William
The "Scottish Homer," as he has been called, from the circumstance of
his having been the author of a poem in the style of the Iliad
entitled the "Epigoniad."
- William, the
Lion
One of the most distinguished of our early
monarchs.- Williamson,
Charles
One man brought Rochester, Carroll and Fitzhugh to the Genesee Valley.
Williamsburgh owed its existence to one man. The New York State towns and
cities of Sodus, Geneva, Bath, Caledonia and Lyons also owed their
presence to one man. Charles Williamson. -
Willison, John
An eminent divine, and author of several well known religious works. -
Willock,
John
One of the earliest Scottish reformers. -
Wilson, Alexander
The celebrated ornithologist.
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Wilson, Florence
An author of some note.
- Wilson,
James
the greatest of all U.S. secretaries of agriculture
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Wilson, John
Professor of Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh.
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Wilson, William Rae
A popular traveller and writer.
- Winning,
Cardinal
Thomas
The Scottish Cardinal called
"Cardinal Controversy".
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Winram, John
Superintendent of Fife and Stratherne.
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Wishart, George
A learned divine, and educated writer of the seventeenth century.
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Wishart, George
A distinguished protestant martyr.
- Witherspoon,
Dr John
Born 1723. Clergyman born in Gifford, East Lothian. Minister at Beith, then
Paisley. Emigrated to U.S.A. in 1768 to become President of Princeton University (then the
College of New Jersey). He taught and influenced many future leaders of the US. Helped
frame the US Declaration of Independence and was one of the signatories. Also coined the
word "Americanism". -
Wodrow, Robert
The faithful and laborious author of the
"History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland."-
Wood, Alexander
Scottish physician Alexander Wood introduced the hypodermic syringe in 1853. -
Wood,
Sir Andrew
Admiral to James III. and James IV. -
Wylie,
Sir James
Doctor to the Czar's of Russia. -
Wyntoun, Andrew
The venerable rhyming chronicler of Scotland.
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