Contents

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
23. George Watson, 1654-1723. ACCOUNTANT