Edinburghers - Biographies

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  1. Adam Smith, 1723-90. ECONOMIST
  2. Allan Ramsay the Elder, 1686-1758. POET
  3. Allan Ramsay the Younger, 1713-84. PAINTER
  4. Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922. INVENTOR
  5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930. WRITER
  6. David Octavius Hill, 1802-70. PAINTER & BIOGRAPHER
  7. David Hume, 1711-76. PHILOSOPHER & HISTORIAN
  8. Dorothy Dunnett, 1923-. WRITER & PAINTER
  9. Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1924-. SCULPTOR
  10. Elsie Inglis, 1864-1917. MEDICAL PIONEER
  11. Sir Harry Lauder, 1870-1950. ENTERTAINER
  12. James Boswell, 1740-95. WRITER
  13. James Clerk Maxwell, 1831-79. PHYSICIST
  14. John Knox, 1505-72. THEOLOGIAN & PREACHER
  15. Muriel Spark, 1918-. WRITER
  16. Sir Patrick Geddes, 1854-1932. PLANNER
  17. Robert Adam, 1728-92. ARCHITECT
  18. Robert Fergusson, 1750-74. POET
  19. Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-94. WRITER
  20. Sean Connery, 1930-. ACTOR
  21. Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832. WRITER
  22. William Playfair, 1789-1857. ARCHITECT