Elsie Inglis (1864 - 1917)
A leading surgeon and suffragette. She improved maternity facilities and fought for better healthcare for women in Scotland. She set up a maternity hosptial in Edinburgh staffed only by women. During the First World War, she set up hospitals for the troops in Serbia and Russia.
Jimmy Johnstone (Jinky)
Legendary Scotish footballer who was buried this week.
Grosse Fuge, Op.133, Beethoven's string quartet. Takacs Quartet. A magical performance of a miraculous composition.
Mrs Janet Keiller /
'The possible inventor of marmalade, using bitter Seville oranges'.
Kenneth II /
King of the united Picts and Scots.
John Knox /
The key figure of the Scottish reformation.
Liddell, Eric Henry (1902-1945) - A great athlete, he became the subject of the film "Chariot's of Fire".
Lister,Lord Joseph (1827-1912) - Pioneer of modern surgery and antiseptics.
Liston, Robert (1794-1847) - A brilliant surgeon before the days of anaesthetics.
Livingstone - Dr David (1813-1873) - African missionary and explorer.
Charles Macintosh /
Invented the waterproof coat which now bears his name.
MacBeth /
The real MacBeth who killed Duncan fairly in battle.
John James Rickard MacLeod /
Remembered by grateful diabetics throughout the world as discoverer of insulin.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan /Invented the two-wheeled bicycle
Malcolm III Canmore /
Killed the real MacBeth in battle and founded the House of Canmore.
Malcolm IV /
Named The Maiden, as he died young and unmarried.
Danon, you could have included Mary, Queen of Scots and Rob Roy MacGregor!
My poor effort -
John Napier - Mathematician and Astronomer. His numerous achievements included defining the concept of logarithms and inventing the decimal point.
David Niven - Actor. Paradoxically he was regarded by many as the archetypal Englishman.
Oliphant, Carolina (Lady Nairne) (1766-1845) - Carolina Oliphant's songs are second only in popularity to Burns.
Park, Mungo (1771-1806) Explorer in West Africa
Ay, I couldn't find a Q, can ye?
But I found me some "ar's"!:
Raeburn - Sir Henry (1756-1823) - One of Scotland's most famous portrait painters.
Ramensky - Johnny (1905-1972) - Criminal and a war hero, this master of escape became a legendary folk hero.
Ramsay - Allan Snr 1686-1758 - Started as a wigmaker and became a poet.
Ramsay - Allan Jnr 1713-1784 - Accomplished portrait painter of the rich and famous.
Robert I - King (1274-1329) - Robert the Bruce achieved Scotland's freedom.
Robert II - King (1316-90) King in Waiting for 53 Years.
Robert III - King (1337-1406) - Described himself as "the worst of kings and the most miserable of men."
Rowling - J. K. (1965 - ) - The author of the "Harry Potter" books has made Scotland her adopted home.
Shankly, Bill (1913 -1981) Legendary Liverpool FC manger.
Scott, Sir Walter (1771 - 1832) Novelist & Poet
Simpson, Sir James Young (1811 -1870) Obstretrician
Bishop William Turnbull /
Founded Scotland's second oldest university, in Glasgow.
Robert William Thomson /
Inventor of the india-rubber pneumatic tyre.
Sir Thomas Urquhart - Writer of some note in the Seventeenth Century, but was considered more remarkable for the eccentricity than either the depth or extent of his genius.
V?
Wallace, Sir William (1274-1305) Scotish patriot
VEDDER, DAVID. Warm-hearted enthusiastic sailor-poet.
To the "Covenanter's Communion" succeeded his "Orcadian Sketches"?-a production of prose and verse intermixed, in the strong sonorous poetry of which the ringing of his native storms predominates, while many of the events are reminiscences of his own early life. This was followed by a "Life of Sir Walter Scott," which was much read and admired, until it was superseded by the able and ample narrative of Lockhart. In 1841 he published a volume of his collected pieces, under the title of "Poems?-Legendary, Lyrical, and Descriptive."
X?
Young, James (1822 - 1883) Chemist
There must be a Z but I can't find one so we'll have a new game.
Sheakespeare Works or Characters
All's Well That Ends Well
