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

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    Ned Haig

    Rugby player who invented the sport of rugby sevens

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

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    Jane Mathison Haining

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

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

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    Thomas Hope

    Lawyer and co-author of the National Covenant

  • 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.

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    Baroness Florence Horsbrugh

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

  • Black and white image of a man wearing formal attire of the mid 19th century, leaning on a lectern which has a closed book on it.

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    Hercules Linton

    Shipbuilder who designed the Cutty Sark

  • 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.

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    Isobel Wylie Hutchison

    Botanist, Arctic explorer and documentor of Inuit life

  • Front matter page of Christian Isobel Johnstone

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    Christian Isobel Johnstone

    Pioneering publisher and advocate for social reform

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person dressed as a priest and pretending to give a sermon. They are standing in a pulpit, looking down at the camera with their right arm raised into a fist as if strongly talking about something.

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    Andrew Keir

    Versatile character actor, especially known for his work with Hammer House of Horror

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person looking to the right of camera. They are wearing an old-style suit and thin tie, and have bushy hair around their ears.

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    Charles Lapworth

    Pioneer of faunal analysis using index fossils

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person wearing a suit and bowler hat, pretending to talk on an old fashioned telephone. They have a sad or confused looking expression on their face.

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    Stan Laurel

    Popular star of early cinema as part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person in military uniform, with side-parted slicked down hair. They are reading a book and smoking a pipe with a long stem.

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    Joseph Lee

    Poet, artist, cartoonist and journalist, described as “Scotland’s forgotten war poet”

  • Front matter page of Duncan Ban MacIntyre

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    Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir

    Eighteenth-century Gaelic poet

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