Significant and Famous Scots

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• Fairbairn, William
  One of the most influential and successful of mechanical engineers.
• Falconer, William
  Author of "The Shipwreck, a poem".
• Faulds, Henry
  First to discover fingerprints for forensic use.
• Ferguson, Adam
  Born 1723 in Logierait, Perthshire, he became Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh. He introduced the method of studying humankind in groups and is father of the subject now called "Sociology".
• Ferguson, Dr Adam
  The last great man of the eighteenth century, whose writings did honour to the age in which they lived.
• Ferguson, James
  An ingenious experimental philosopher, mechanist, and astronomer.
• Fergusson, Captain Robert
  Created the world's first rust preventive paint.
• Fergusson, Robert
  Poet and inspiration of Robert Burns.
• Finlayson, James
  Professor of logic and metaphysics in the university of Edinburgh, and one of the ministers of the high church of that city.
• Fleming, Sir Alexander
  Born 1881, he discovered the world's first antibiotic drug - Penicillin.
• Fleming, Robert
  An eminent divine and theological writer.
• Fletcher, Andrew
  A distinguished judge, under the designation of lord Milton, and for many years sous minister of Scotland, under Archibald duke of Argyle.
• Fletcher, Andrew
  So much celebrated for his patriotism and political knowledge.
• Forbes, Alexander
  Lord Pitsligo.
• Forbes, Duncan
  A man whose memory is justly entitled to the veneration of his country.
• Forbes, John
  Author of the "Historico-Theological Institutions".
• Forbes, George
  An outstanding product of Victorian  academia and industry whose contribution to electrical  engineering benefits us to this day. He was also a gifted astronomer.
• Forbes, Patrick
  An eminent prelate.
• Forbes, Sir William
  An eminent banker and citizen.
• Fordun, John
  The celebrated author of the "Scotichronicon".
• Fordyce, David
  Professor of philosophy in the Marischal college, Aberdeen, and author of several esteemed works.
• Fordyce, George
  A distinguished physician and lecturer on medicine.
• Fordyce, James
  Author of the Sermons to Young Women.
• Fordyce, John
  A brave and pious officer.
• Fordyce, Sir William
  A distinguished physician.
• Forrester, Rev Thomas
  This reverend divine was a very extraordinary character in his time.
• Forsyth, Rev. Alexander
  Born 1769. Inventor of the percussion cap. This was later developed into the modern bullet.
• Forsyth, William
  Distinguished in the science of arboriculture.
• Foulis, Robert & Andrew
  Eminent printers in the eighteenth century.
• Fraser, Simon
  Twelfth lord Lovat, a person too remarkable in history to be overlooked.
• Fulton, George
  The author of an improved system of education.
• Fulton, Rikki
  Famous Scottish actor and comedian.

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