The Times Great Scottish Lives: Obituaries of Scotland’s Finest

The Times Great Scottish Lives: Obituaries of Scotland’s Finest
Magnus Linklater

Discover the fascinating lives of the iconic figures that have shaped Scotland from the early nineteenth century to the present day.Explore the rich history of Scotland’s cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive.The Scots have contributed richly to the world, most notably in literature and science, but also in the arts, law, politics, religion, scholarship and sport. In this volume, The Times brings together a unique and fascinating collection of obituaries. The list includes people who have made the greatest impact in their fields, others who have led particularly interesting or influential lives, and a selection of notable Scottish figures in the history of The Times.This book features the major Scottish figures of influence from the last 200 years and includes a diverse range of people, including: Sir Walter Scott, Sir David Livingstone, Thomas Carlyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Keir Hardie, Alexander Graham Bell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Phoebe Traquair, James Ramsay MacDonald, John Logie Baird, Mary Somerville, Jim Clark, John Smith, Donald Dewar, Eugenie Fraser, Robin Cook, Jock Stein, R. D. Laing, Margo MacDonald, William McIlvanney, Tam Dalyell and Ronnie Corbett.

Great

SCOTTISH Lives

Great

SCOTTISH Lives

OBITUARIES OF SCOTLAND’S FINEST

EDITED BY MAGNUS LINKLATER

Magnus Linklater is the former Scotland editor of The Times and former editor of The Scotsman. He is the author of several books on current affairs and Scottish history.

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Contents

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Introduction (#ue4ff167d-e9b3-5679-aa2e-31cc34f13b5f)

Sir Walter Scott (#u385c3cf0-aefb-51f8-9b1d-9c75e3d8e9a1)

Thomas Telford (#u84dc0031-a778-5720-9add-13e237ba1a9c)

Sir John Sinclair, Bart. (#ud6e77e29-2267-5465-99eb-bac391f82020)

Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.B (#u89f8d6ee-daa9-584e-8be0-ac0f32289def)

Field Marshal Sir Colin Campbell - Lord Clyde (#ufe04cbea-3def-5a8b-bf6f-ff856b7eb21d)

Sir David Livingstone (#u89508d3a-19a9-59a7-b529-7c9ca86b3de5)

Thomas Carlyle (#ua4349c37-b20c-571d-bad0-4e4ea69a53e0)

Dr. John Rae (#ue2e08a13-819c-549c-8f2f-e59189faaa5e)

Robert Louis Stevenson (#ua4c57310-d9f0-5d05-9ee4-e0f8462c5950)

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Lord Kelvin (#u65383df3-94d7-52af-acfa-3c024dc74efc)

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (#u5e9cd55d-6ca0-5505-87be-3418319e8f5f)

Keir Hardie (#u3f0509a3-a4d2-5eb7-b1f5-3fcf7a3936eb)

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Andrew Carnegie (#u9bd6984e-5def-59bb-a3bf-49ee0bf2a4ca)

Alexander Graham Bell (#u39fa30fc-d28e-576f-b0eb-45e6848cad36)

Andrew Bonar Law (#ue77fb148-7b0e-54b6-a7c9-ecbb0fb63810)

Douglas Haig (#u64220bda-6d82-53e1-9129-b3b3accbe964)