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Laing, Alexander Gordon
Whose name is so mournfully
connected with the history of African discovery.
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Laing, David
Antiquary and Bibliographer
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Laing, Malcolm
A lawyer and distinguished constitutional historian.
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Laing, William
A well-known collector of rich and rare literary productions, whose shop
was a Herculaneum of the treasures of past ages.
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Landsborough, David
A successful cultivator of natural history.
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Lang, Andrew
Writer and Journalist. His output was enormous and varied over many
subjects from fairytales to anthropology and Greek literature.
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Lauder, Sir Harry
Singer
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Lauder, Sir John
Lord Fountainhall, an eminent lawyer and statesman.
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Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick
An eminent writer.
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Lauder, William
A man renowned in literary history, for having turned superior talents,
and very high classical acquirements, to an attempt to defraud Milton of
his fame.
- Law,
John
Comptroller-general of the finances of France.
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Learmonth, Lorenz Alexander
The last commissioned officer of the Hudson Bay Company
- Lee,
James Paris
Inventor of the Lee-Enfield Rifle
- Lee,
John Rose
The Very Reverend The Principal of the University of Edinburgh
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Leishman, Matthew
Of Govan
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Leitch, William
Scientist.
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Lesley, George
Of Monymusk, a capuchin friar, of the earlier part of the seventeenth
century.
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Leslie, Alexander
The celebrated military leader of the covenanters, during the civil wars
of Charles I., created lord Balgonie, and afterwards earl of Leven.
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Leslie, Charles
A celebrated non-juring divine, was the second son of the bishop of
Clogher.
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Leslie, David
A celebrated military commander during the civil wars, and the first lord
Newark.
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Leslie, John
Bishop of Clogher.
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Leslie, John
Bishop of Ross, and distinguished for his indefatigable exertions in
behalf of queen Mary.
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Leslie, John
Professor of natural philosophy in the university of Edinburgh, and
distinguished by his valuable writings and discoveries.
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Leyden, John
A man of singularly varied genius and accomplishment.
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Liddel, Duncan
A physician of eminence.
- Liddell, Eric
The famous athlete and Christian.
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Lindsay, David
A celebrated Scottish poet of the sixteenth century.
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Lindsay, John
Eighteenth earl of Crawford, and fourth earl of Lindsay.
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Lindsay, Robert
Author of the Chronicles of Scotland known by his name.
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Linklater, Eric Robert Russell
Writer
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Lister, Joseph
Born 1827. A surgeon who pioneered the use of antiseptics and thereby dramatically
reduced the number of post-opertive deaths due to infection.
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Liston, Robert
A great medical teacher and practitioner.
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Lithgow, William
A well known traveller of the seventeenth century.
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Littlejohn, Sir Henry Duncan
Medical officer of health and expert in forensic medicine.
- Livingston,
David
Famous missionary and explorer in Africa.
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Livingston, John
One of the most revered names in Scottish ecclesiastical history.
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Livingston, James
The Flax King
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Lockhart, George
A distinguished constitutional lawyer, and lord president of the court of
session.
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Lockhart, George
A celebrated political partisan, and author of Memoirs concerning the
Affairs of Scotland, Commentaries, &c.
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Lockhart, John
A distinguished miscellaneous writer.
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Lockhart, William
An eminent statesman under the Protectorate of Cromwell.
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Logan, George
Chiefly celebrated as the controversial opponent of Ruddiman.
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Logan, Hamish
A Heroic Edinburgh Army officer honoured by the Queen for his wartime
exploits in the Far East.
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Logan, John
A poet and sermon-writer of no mean eminence.
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Lothian, William
Author of a History of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
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Loudon, John Claudius
An eminent improver of our gardening and agriculture.
- Love,
John
A profound theologian and eloquent preacher.
- Low,
George
An ingenious naturalist.
- Lowe,
John
A poet of considerable celebrity.
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Lumsden, James
East Lothian Author
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