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Elders of the Church of Scotland

  • 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…
  • 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 BuchanJohn Buchan was born on the 26th of August 1875 at a double villa in Perth, Scotland. That building now bears his name as part of the York Place heritage…