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    Mary Lily Walker

    Dundee social reformer, organiser, chronicler and charity founder

  • Image of Dudley D Watkin in a Beano comic strip. Pictured handing a book to a group of children titled:

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    Dudley D. Watkins

    The unsung hero responsible for “Oor Willie! Your Willie! A’body's Willie!”

  • A portrait painting of a person in a period suit, sitting in a chair looking at the viewer. They are holding a pair of compasses and a table in the background is covered with charts and documents. In the upper left of the painting is a window, looking out onto a grand square lined with tall buildings.

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    James Watt

    Engineer, inventor and chemist whose improvements to the steam engine helped to power the industrial revolution

  • Black and white drawing of a person seated at a table writing a letter. They are using a quill pen and are looking at the camera, with their other hand resting against their face. They are wearing a jacket with many buttons and a frilled white shirt.

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    Alexander Wilson

    'Founder of American ornithology'

  • Black and white photograph of a person working on a very large stained glass window. They are carefully painting a section of the glass with a fine brush.

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    William Wilson

    Best known stained-glass artist of post-war Scotland

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