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Subtopics - Places
- Arthur's Seat [r]: The plug of a long extinct volcano that forms the largest hill in Edinburgh. [e]
- Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse [r]: An official residence of the monarch, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. [e]
- John Knox House [r]: 15th century town house in Edinburgh, it displays exhibits about John Knox. [e]
- Greyfriars Bobby [r]: Nineteenth-century Syke Terrier in Edinburgh, Scotland who became famous for keeping vigil by his master's grave every day (barring extreme weather) for fourteen years. [e]
- Greyfriars Kirk [r]: Now 'Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk', is a parish kirk (church) of the Church of Scotland and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Edinburgh outside the Old Town, built between 1602 and c.1620. [e]
- Scottish Parliament [r]: Legislative body of Scotland, having authority over many aspects of Scottish political life including Health and Education; re-created by the Act of Devolution 1997. [e]
- The Forth Bridge [r]: Cantilever railway bridge, built in 1883-1890, that connects Edinburgh to Fife [e]
- Royal Mile [r]: The streets in Edinburgh's Old Town that run from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. [e]
- University of Edinburgh [r]: Founded in 1582, one of the leading academic institutions in the UK. [e]
- Auld Reekie [r]: Old nickname for Edinburgh, Scotland, meaning old smokey. [e]
Subtopics - People
- Thomas Aikenhead [r]: The last person to be executed for blasphemy in the UK. [e]
- John Knox [r]: Scottish clergyman (1514-1572), leader of the Scottish Reformation and founder of Scottish Presbyterianism. [e]
- William Brodie [r]: (1741 - 1788) Respectable Edinburgh citizen who led a gang of burglars and died on a gallows that he himself had designed. [e]
- Mary, Queen of Scots [r]: (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1857) Mary Stuart (or Stewart), Queen of Scotland (1542–67) and queen consort of France (1559–60); forced to flee to England after a rebellion among Scottish nobles, she was finally beheaded as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne. [e]
- Helen Duncan [r]: (1897 – 1956), a Scottish medium who became the last person to be imprisoned in the United Kingdom under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. [e]
- Thomas Muir [r]: (1765 – 1799) Scottish political reformer, and the most notable victim of political repression in the years after the French Revolution. [e]
- Poets
- Thomas Blacklock [r]: (1721 - 1791) The"blind poet", an early supporter of Robert Burns. [e]
- William McGonagall [r]: (1825-1902) Scotland's (and possibly the world's) worst poet. [e]
- Robert Fergusson [r]: (1750 - 1774) Scottish poet whose verse inspired Robert Burns. [e]
- Allan Ramsay (1686–1758) [r]: Poet who wrote mainly in the Scots vernacular, and is best known for his pastoral verse-play "The Gentle Shepherd". [e]
- Robert Burns [r]: The National poet of Scotland (1759-96); writer of Auld Lang Syne. [e]
- Writers
- James Tytler [r]: (1745-1804) notably feckless and debt ridden Scottish writer, who was the first Briton to travel in a hot-air balloon, [e]
- John Home [r]: (1722–1808) Scottish poet and dramatist. [e]
- Sir Walter Scott [r]: (1771 – 1832) Scottish historical novelist popular throughout Europe in his lifetime; his novels include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, 'and The Heart of Midlothian. [e]
- Arthur Conan-Doyle [r]: (1859-1930) Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. [e]
- JK Rowling [r]: Author, creator of Harry Potter. [e]
- Alexander McCall-Smith [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ian Rankin [r]: (1960 - ) Crime writer, creator of Inspector Rebus [e]
- Robert Louis Stevenson [r]: British 19th-century writer whose works included Kidnapped, Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. [e]
- Artists
- Allan Ramsay [r]: (1713–1784) Scottish portrait-painter of the "Rococo Era". [e]
- Robert Adam [r]: (1728-1792) Neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. [e]
- Henry Raeburn [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Academics and Scientists
- William Cullen [r]: (1710-1790) The leading British physician of the 18th century. [e]
- David Hume [r]: (1711-1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. [e]
- John Forbes [r]: (1787-1861), physician and medical journalist [e]
- James Hutton [r]: (1726–1797) Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is known as the founder of modern geology. [e]
- William Robertson [r]: (1721-1793) Historian, most notable for his 'History of Scotland' [e]
- Adam Smith [r]: Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790), a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics; author of Wealth of Nations (1776). [e]
- James Lind [r]: (1716–1794) Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene, whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be added to the diet of sailors saw scurvy eliminated from the British Navy. [e]
- Daniel Rutherford [r]: (1749 - 1815) Scottish chemist, best known for the discovery of nitrogen. [e]
- Joseph Black [r]: (1728 – 1799) Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide [e]
Parent topics
- Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]
- Great Britain [r]: The largest part of the United Kingdom, comprising England, Scotland, Wales and islands immediately off their coasts. [e]
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy (capital London) and island nation in north-west Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, which includes England, Scotland, Wales (on the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. [e]
- Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
- European Union [r]: Hybrid intergovernmental and supranational organization, which consists of 27 European states. [e]
Town and cities
- Glasgow [r]: The largest city in Scotland (est 1995 pop 675,000); located on the River Clyde, it became a great shipbuilding center during the Industrial Revolution. [e]
- Inverness [r]: A educational and tourist center (est 1991 pop 63,000) located at the north end of the Great Glen on the River Ness in northwest Scotland; for a long time, the center of the Scots Highland region. [e]
- Dundee [r]: A seaport (est. 1995 pop. 168,000) situated on the Firth of Tay, an inlet of the North Sea, in Scotland. [e]
- Aberdeen [r]: A city (est. 1995 pop. 219,000) and commercial port located on the North Sea in eastern Scotland. [e]
Other related topics
- England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. [e]
- Wales [r]: A country of the United Kingdom that historically was considered a principality; population about 3,000,000. [e]
- Northern Ireland [r]: Part of the United Kingdom comprising six of the nine counties of the Irish province of Ulster; population about 1,800,000. [e]
- Scottish Enlightenment [r]: A period in 18th century Scotland characterized by a great outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. [e]
Language
- Scots language [r]: A West Germanic language spoken in southern Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. [e]
- Scottish Gaelic language [r]: A Goidelic Celtic language spoken in Scotland and Canada. [e]
- Scottish English [r]: All varieties of English spoken in Scotland; may not include Scots where this is identified as a language in its own right. [e]
- English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. [e]
