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  • 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.

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    Madge Easton Anderson

    Trail blazing lawyer and Scotland’s first female solicitor

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

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    Alexander Bain

    Inventor of the fax machine and electric clock

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

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    Andrew Blain Baird

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

  • Black and white photograph of a person seated behind a microphone and a bank of light bulbs. They are holding a ventriloquist

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    John Logie Baird

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

  • 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.

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    Charles Glover Barkla

    1917 Nobel Prize winner for Physics

  • 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.

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    Sir Arnold Bax

    Leading composer of 20th century symphonies

  • 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.

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    Max Born

    Key developer of quantum mechanics

  • 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.

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    James Boswell

    Author, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson

  • 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.

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    Mary Brunton

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

  • 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.

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    Mary Burton

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

  • 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.

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    Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell

    A celebrated Scottish colourist

  • 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.

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    Adam Christie

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

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