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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen

Soldier and war poet.

Black and white portrait photo of a person with a moustache in military uniform.

Willie Park Snr

Greatest professional golfer of his day and winner of the first Open Golf Championship.

Black and white portrait photo of a person wearing a tweed suit and waistcoat. They also have a large dark bow tie and are looking at the camera with a relaxed expression, their right hand holding the lapel of their jacket.

John Rae

Orcadian surgeon who explored parts of Northern Canada.

Black and white portrait photo of a person wearing a fine suit and with elaborate mutton chop whiskers. They are standing with their right hand tucked inside their waistcoat.

Allan Ramsay

Literary impresario of Edinburgh’s Enlightenment.

A portrait painting of a person wearing a dark jacket with large buttons over a white shirt, and a wrapped material head-dress.

David Robertson

'The Cumbrae Naturalist'.

Old portrait image of David Robertson. He has a white beard and is wearing an academic cap and gown.

John Scott Russell

Inventive engineer and founder of single-wave theory.

An early black and white portrait photo of a person looking off to the right. They are smiling, and wearing a dark suit, white shirt and black cravat, with two holly leaves pinned to their lapel. They have large grey sideburns reaching down to their cheeks.

Cyril Percy Ryan

Navy Captain who invented the hydrophone for use in submarine detection.

Black and white photo of man wearing an officer's naval uniform stands with his hands on his hits.

Mary Somerville

Astronomer, scientist and polymath, known as ‘the queen of science’.

Black and white drawing of a person in period dress wearing a bonnet-style hat.

Charles Hamilton Sorley

Army officer and poet, known for his First World War poetry and letters.

A person with a small moustache and wearing a soldier's uniform looking at the camera.

Dorothy Emily Stevenson

Author of over 40 popular novels.

Young woman with short hair, photographed in side profile. Image is black and white.

Louisa Stevenson and Christian Guthrie Wright

Campaigners for women’s education and founders of Queen Margaret University.

Two black and white portraits of white women, both with the appearance of white hair.

Robert Stevenson

Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board who designed and built the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

A watercolour painting of a person wearing a dark coat looking directly forwards. They have red cheeks and small white tufts of hair over their ears, and a thin smile on their face.

Bram Stoker

Author of Dracula.

Black and white image of a seated man wearing a suit and tie. He has one hand on the arm of the chair and is looking at the camera.

Mary Symon

Scottish poet who expressed the heartbreak of the First World War.

Black and white image of woman sat in wicker chair in a garden. She is wearing a hat and holding a handbag on her lap.

Dr Margaret Caroline Tait

Avant-garde film maker and the first Scottish woman to direct a feature length film.

Black-and-white photo of a person with dark hair pulled back, seated indoors, wearing a light-colored collared garment, with a rope-draped beam or shelf in the background.