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The Edinburgh Seven

Britain’s first female medical students.

A black and white drawing of a person looking away from the viewer, the drawing is of their face, and they have dark hair tied back behind their head.

James Cossar Ewart

The UK’s first experimental animal breeder since Charles Darwin.

Black and white portrait photo of a person looking to the left, wearing a dark suit and tie. They have a large handlebar moustache.

Faed Family of Artists

Two generations of celebrated painters and engravers.

A sketch of a person's head and shoulders. They are sitting facing the artist, wearing a jacket and shirt with bow tie.

Cicely Fairfield AKA Rebecca West

Lifelong political activist, renowned writer and reporter on the Nuremberg trials.

Black and white photograph of a person from the shoulders up. They are wearing a dark coloured top and an elaborate beaded headdress that runs across the forehead and falls down over both ears.

Adam Ferguson

Leading historian and philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Image is a colour portrait painted of a person sitting in a chair with their hands in their lap, fingers interlaced. They are wearing several layers with a brown coat, and are looking with a serious expression to the right of the painter.

Susan Ferrier

Popular nineteenth-century novelist.

Black and white illustration of a person wearing nineteenth century clothing, including a large frilled bonnet and an extravagant, expensive looking dress.

Archibald Findlay

Geneticist who invented first blight-resistant potato.

Portrait painting of older, bearded gentleman sat down in front of a ploughed field. He is wearing a brown three piece suit, with a matching flat cap by his side.

Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Pioneering author of modern Scottish literature.

Sepia-toned, slightly soft-focus portrait of a person from the early 20th century, shown from the chest up. The person wears a dark suit jacket, white shirt, and dark tie, and holds a pipe at the mouth. The hair is short and swept back, and the background is plain and evenly lit.

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

Campaigner for social justice and internationally famous man of adventure.

Black and white portrait photo of a person in a suit, jacket and tie. The person is looking off to the right and has unruly hair and a beard.

Sir Nigel Gresley

Engineer and designer of steam locomotives, including Flying Scotsman and Mallard.

Black and white photograph of a person in a grey suit and dark trilby hat standing next to, and looking up at, a steam locomotive engine in a goods yard.

Ned Haig

Rugby player who invented the sport of rugby sevens.

Sepia toned, front on portrait photo of gentleman in a suit, with a large moustache and short black hair parted on the side.

Jane Mathison Haining

Scottish missionary killed by the Nazis for helping Jews during the Holocaust.

Black and white headshot portrait of a person wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a beaded necklace over a dark top.

Thomas Hope

Lawyer and co-author of the National Covenant.

18th century portrait of man with long, fair coloured beard.

Baroness Florence Horsbrugh

First woman to serve as a cabinet minister in a Conservative government.

Black and white portrait photograph of a person sitting with their arms folded in an armchair. They are wearing glasses and a necklace, and behind them on a sideboard table are family photographs and a bunch of flowers in a vase.

Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Botanist, Arctic explorer and documentor of Inuit life.

Black and white photo of a person standing with legs apart in deep snow, with one arm resting on a shoulder-high stone obelisk. They are wearing period-era Arctic clothing, possibly made from sealskin, and a big hat.