Curated category
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- James Clerk MaxwellOn the 13th of June 1831, a boy named James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street in Edinburgh. His mother Frances Cay died when he was eight years old…
- Charles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin was born on the 12th of February 1809 at his family's home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He was the fifth of six children of…
- Walter ScottOn the 15th of August 1771, a boy named Walter Scott was born in a third-floor apartment on College Wynd in Edinburgh. His life changed dramatically in 1773…
- John RoebuckJohn Roebuck was born in Sheffield, where his father ran a prosperous manufacturing business. He attended Sheffield Grammar School before studying at Dr.
- Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place in Edinburgh on the 13th of November 1850. His father Thomas worked as a leading lighthouse engineer while…
- Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Ignatius Conan Doyle entered the world on the 22nd of May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place in Edinburgh. His father Charles Altamont Doyle was born in England…
- David HumeDavid Hume was born on the 7th of May 1711 in a tenement building located on the north side of Edinburgh's Lawnmarket. He entered the University of Edinburgh…
- Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle was born on the 4th of December 1795 in the village of Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire. His father James worked as a stonemason before becoming a…
- John Russell, 1st Earl RussellJohn Russell entered the world on the 18th of August 1792 as the third son of John Russell, who would become the sixth Duke of Bedford.
- John Lynch (historian)John Lynch arrived in the world on the 11th of January 1927 within the industrial shadows of Boldon, County Durham. His family background was deeply rooted…
- Robert StephensonRobert Stephenson was born on the 16th of October 1803 at Willington Quay, east of Newcastle upon Tyne. His father George worked as a brakesman on a…
- Thomas AllinsonThomas Richard Allinson arrived in the Hulme district of Manchester on the 29th of March 1858. He attended school in Lancaster and Manchester before…
- Geoffrey HintonGeoffrey Everest Hinton was born on the 6th of December 1947 in Wimbledon, England. He attended Clifton College in Bristol before matriculating at King's…
- Samuel SmilesSamuel Smiles was born on the 23rd of December 1812 in Haddington, East Lothian. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh starting in 1829.
- Philippa GregoryPhilippa Gregory entered the world on the 9th of January 1954 in Nairobi. The city served as the capital of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya at that time.
- Peter TrudgillPeter Trudgill arrived in the world on the 7th of November 1943. He grew up in Thorpe St Andrew, a district just outside Norwich, England.