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Madge Easton Anderson

Trail blazing lawyer and Scotland’s first female solicitor.

Groups of women at some kind of reception sit at tables decorated with flowers. There is a row of five women of varying ages in the rear of photo, along a straight table.

Alexander Bain

Inventor of the fax machine and electric clock.

Black and white portrait photograph of a person. They are wearing a suit with a bow tie, and they have a long, full beard.

Andrew Blain Baird

Blacksmith who attempted the first heavier-than-air powered flight in Scotland.

Old, sepia-toned portrait photograph of Andrew Baird. He is well dressed with dark hair and a large moustache.

John Logie Baird

Inventive engineer who was the first person to demonstrate a working television live.

Black and white photograph of a person seated behind a microphone and a bank of light bulbs. They are holding a ventriloquist's doll in each hand as if they are having a conversation.

Charles Glover Barkla

1917 Nobel Prize winner for Physics.

Black and white photograph of a person wearing a suit and tie seated at a table. They are looking into the camera and holding a large book in their hands, as if reading.

Sir Arnold Bax

Leading composer of 20th century symphonies.

Black and white photo of three people seated at a table inside a public house. All are drinking and smiling, as if sharing a joke, and the person in the centre is looking at the camera and holding a pipe.

Max Born

Key developer of quantum mechanics.

Black and white portrait photograph of a person standing in a library holding an open book. They are wearing a dark suit and tie and round glasses, and are looking directly at the camera.

James Boswell

Author, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson.

A painting of a person sitting wearing fine clothes, including a gold waistcoat and a fur-lined gown. They have their legs crossed and are looking confident.

Mary Brunton

Best-selling early 19th Century author of novels centred on strong female characters.

A pencil drawing of a person dressed in 19th Century ladies clothing and wearing a pearl necklace. They are looking at the viewer and smiling.

Mary Burton

Social and educational reformer, suffragist and first female director of Heriot-Watt College.

Sepia toned, older newspaper image of woman sat for portrait photo facing at a 45 degree angle. She is wearing period clothing, appears to be wrapped in a shawl and holds her round metal glasses in her right hand.

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell

A celebrated Scottish colourist.

Portrait oil painting of an artist in his studio. Next to him stands a large jug filled with paint brushes, and behind is a colourful painting hanging on the wall.

Adam Christie

Writer, musician, self-taught artist and long-term resident at Sunnyside Hospital.

Black and white photograph taken in 1901 of Adam Christie. He is wearing a waistcoat and outer jacket, with a flat cap. His arms are folded and he is looking into the camera with a stern expression on his bearded face.

Louis Dickson

Fimmaker and founder of The Hippodrome, one of the earliest purpose-built cinemas in Scotland.

Old portrait of Louis Dickson that appears scanned from a newspaper. The portrait of Dickson is inside an oval frame with writing above that say 'proprietor' and his name below. He has dark hair and a gentleman's moustache.

Frederick Douglass

African American author, philosopher, anti-slavery activist and statesman.

A very early era black and white photograph of a person intently staring at the camera. They are wearing a suit jacket and waistcoat, with a white shirt and cravat.

Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley

Beloved painter of Glasgow street children and expressive coastal landscapes.

A woman holding a paintbrush and looking at her canvas.