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Significant and Famous Scots

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  • Tannahill, Robert
    A very popular writer of Scottish songs.
  • Taylor, James
    Whose name must ever bear a conspicuous and honorable place in the history of the invention of steam navigation.
  • Telford, Thomas
    An eminent engineer and constructor of public works.
  • Tennant, William
    A most accomplished linguist and excellent poet.
  • Thom, James
    Wonderful self-taught sculptor.
  • Thomson, Andrew
    An eminent modern divine, and leader in the national church courts.
  • Thomson, David B.
    An eminent fisherman
  • Thomson, George
    Friend and correspondent of Burns.
  • Thomson, James
    A celebrated poet.
  • Thomson, Rev John
    The title of the Scottish Claude Lorrain which this reverend candidate for distinction acquired, at once announces the walk in which he excelled, and the progress he attained in it.
  • Thomson, Robert William
    Born 1822. Invented the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre. He patented his invention in 1845, which was successfully tested in London, however it was abandoned because it was thought too expensive for common use. Thomson's invention is commemorated by a plaque in his native Stonehaven. He also patented the fountain pen (1849) and a steam traction engine (1867).
  • Thomson, Thomas
    An eminent antiquarian.
  • Thomson, Thomas
    A distinguished chemist.
  • Thomson, William
    An ingenious, versatile, and multifarious writer.
  • Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin)
    Famous scientist of the 19th century.  He was a giant of his field and the SI temperature range is named in his honor.
  • Tod, David
    Partner in the firm Tod & Macgregor, builders of the ground breaking ocean-going iron screw ship; the City of Glasgow (1850).
  • Tod, James
    A distinguished historian of the East.
  • Traill, Robert
    An eminent preacher and writer.
  • Tranter, Nigel
    Famous Scots author who died in Jan 2000 at 90 years of age.
  • Trotter, Thomas
    Who held at one time the important office of physician to the Channel fleet.
  • Turnbull, William
    Bishop of Glasgow, and lord privy seal of Scotland.
  • Tytler, Alexander Fraser
    A name which will not soon be forgotten, and a reputation for taste, talent, and personal worth, which will not often be surpassed.
  • Tytler, James
    A laborious miscellaneous writer.
  • Tytler, Patrick Fraser
    An eminent writer and poet.
  • Tytler, William
    An eminent antiquarian writer.
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