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- Gall, Richard
A poet of considerable merit.
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Galloway, Sir Archibald
An approved soldier and excellent writer.
- Galt, John
Author (1779-1839) Wrote interesting commentary on Scottish social life.
- Garden, Francis
A distinguished judge under the designation of Lord Gardenstone.
- Gardiner, James
A distinguished military officer, and Christian hero.
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Gardner, George
An eminent botanist.
- Ged, William
The inventor of stereotype printing.
- Geddes, Alexander
Celebrated as a poet, a critic, and miscellaneous writer.
- Geddes, James
An advocate of the Scottish bar.
- Geddes, Michael
A distinguished divine of the church of England.
- Geddes, Sir
Patrick
Born 1854. Regarded as the father of town planning; Living in Edinburgh, he did much of
his pioneering work in Edinburgh's Old Town. Planned building and cities in many countries
including India and Palestine.
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Geikie, Sir Archibald
Head of the Geological Survey of Great Britain
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Geikie, Walter
Whose droll and homely sketches are to be found upon the table of every
Edinburgh drawing-room.
- Gerard, Alexander
D.D.
An eminent divine and writer.
- Gerard, Gilbert
A divine, son of Rev. Alexander Gerard, D.D.
- Gib, Adam
Long distinguished as leader of the religious party called Anti-burghers.
- Gibbs, James
A celebrated architect.
- Gibson, Patrick
An eminent artist and writer upon art.
- Gibson, Sir
Alexander
Lord Durie, an eminent lawyer and judge
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Gibson, Douglas
Canadian Publisher and writer
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Gilchrist, Marion
The University of Glasgow's first woman graduate.
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Gilchrist, William Sidney
A medical missionary who spent 38 years in Africa.
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Gilfillan, Robert
An amiable poet of domestic life, and popular song-writer.
- Gillespie, George
An eminent divine at a time when divines were nearly the most eminent class of individuals
in Scotland.
- Gillespie, Thomas
Was the first relief minister, and founder of the Synod of Relief.
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Gillespie, Thomas
Country divine and professor.
- Gillespie,
William
Minister of Kells in Galloway.
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Gillies, John
Member of many foreign societies, and historiographer to his Majesty for
Scotland.
- Glass, John
Founder of a sect still known by his name.
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Gleghorn, George
Born in 1716. Discovered that quinine bark acted as a cure for Malaria.
- Glennie, James
A distinguished geometrician.
- Glover, Thomas
Blake
The Scottish Samurai
- Goodal, Walter
Well known as an historical antiquary.
- Gordon, Alexander
Author of various learned and useful antiquarian works.
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Gordon, Colin
Colin Gordon has worked in the field of acoustics research and noise and
vibration for thirty-five years.
- Gordon, George
Commonly called lord George Gordon, one of the most remarkable Scotsmen who have
flourished in modern political history.
- Gordon, James
A member of the noble family of Gordon, and distinguished for his erudition.
- Gordon, Robert
An eminent geographer and antiquary.
- Gordon Robert
Founder of the hospital in Aberdeen which bears his name.
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Gordon, Robert
An acute original thinker and eloquent preacher.
- Gordon, Thomas
An eminent party writer, and translator of Tacitus.
- Gordon, William
A zealous defender of the covenant.
- Gow, Nathaniel
Who, as a violinist and composer, well deserves a place in any work intended to perpetuate
the names of Scotsmen who have done honour or service to their country.
- Gow, Neil
A celebrated violin player and composer of Scottish airs.
- Graham, Dougal
The rhyming chronicler of the last rebellion.
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Graham, James
The celebrated marquis of
Montrose born in the year 1612.
- Graham, John
Viscount of Dundee, was the elder son of Sir William Graham of Claverhouse.
- Graham, Thomas
Born 1805. Formulated "Graham's Law" on the diffusion of gases. Father
of colloid chemistry.
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Graham, Thomas
This venerable warrior was descended from a common ancestor with the Dukes
of Montrose.
- Grahame, Rev.
James
The author of "The Sabbath" and other poems.
- Grainger, James
A physician and poet of some eminence.
- Grant, Sir Francis
A judge and political writer.
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Grant, Sir William
This able lawyer was a descendant of the Grants of Beldornie, a sept of
the parent clan.
- Gregory, David
The able commentator on Newton’s Principia, and Savilian professor of astronomy at
Oxford.
- Gregory, James
Whose valuable discoveries served so much to accelerate the progress of the mathematical
and physical science in the seventeenth century.
- Gregory, James
Born 1638. Inventor of the reflecting telescope.
- Gregory, James
An eminent modern medical teacher.
- Gregory, Dr John
A distinguished physician of the
eighteenth century.
- Greig, Sir Samuel
A distinguished naval officer in the Russian service.
- Grey,
Alexander
A surgeon in the service of the honourable East India Company, and
founder of an hospital for the sick poor of the town and county of
Elgin.
- Guild, William
An eminent divine.
- Gunn, Neil Miller
One of the foremost Scottish novelist of the 20th century.
- Guthrie,
Henry
Afterwards bishop of Dunkeld.
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Guthrie, James
One of the most zealous of the protesters, as they were called, during the
religious troubles in the 17th century.
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Guthrie, William
Author of the well known work entitled, "The Christian’s Great Interest".
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Guthrie, William
A political, historical, and miscellaneous writer.
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