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  • 18th Century cartographic map of the Orkney Isles by Murdoch Mackenzie. Includes inscription: "To the Right Honourable Early of Horton, this map of Orkneyis humbly dedicated by his Lordship

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    Murdoch Mackenzie

    Cartographer and hydrographer, whose maritime maps of the Orkney islands are still in use

  • Black and white photo of a person giving a reading, standing at a lectern. They are wearing a jacket and tie and thick-rimmed black glasses. There is a book open in front of them.

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    Sorley MacLean

    Twentieth-century Gaelic poet

  • Black and white photograph of a person standing in profile, facing to the right. They are wearing a large dark dress of expensive-looking fabric and are holding a fan in their right hand.

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    Sarah Siddons Mair

    Campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage

  • Black and white photo of a person in a shirt and glasses leaning over a table. They are marking a series of film negatives with a pen, as light shines upwards from underneath.

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    Norman McLaren

    Scottish-Canadian innovator, director and producer – ‘the poet of animation’

  • Black and white photo of a group of 1950s schoolchildren and a person supervising them. They are at a tree planting ceremony, and the uniformed children are laughing and smiling. The person is looking sternly at them, with their hands in their coat pockets.

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    Elizabeth Buchanan Mitchell

    First female town planner in Scotland and campaigner for social justice

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person facing to the left. They have wild dark hair and a long wiry beard. They are wearing a suit and tie.

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    John Muir

    Founder of modern conservation and inspiration behind the first national parks

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person looking to the left of the camera. They are wearing a tweed jacket and have a beard and moustache.

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    Sir Thomas Munro

    Mountaineer best known for his list of Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet which are now known as ‘Munros’

  • Black and white portrait photograph of a serious looking person wearing a suit and tie. They have a handlebar moustache and side parted hair, and they are staring off to the left.

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    Francis (Fra) Newbery

    Artist director of Glasgow School of Art, who championed the ‘Glasgow style’ and the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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

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    Wilfred Edward Salter Owen

    Soldier and war poet

  • 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.

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    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 fine suit and with elaborate mutton chop whiskers. They are standing with their right hand tucked inside their waistcoat.

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    John Rae

    Orcadian surgeon who explored parts of Northern Canada

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

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    Allan Ramsay

    Literary impresario of Edinburgh’s Enlightenment

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