Significant and Famous Scots

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• Tannahill, Robert
  A very popular writer of Scottish songs.
• Taylor, James
  Whose name must ever bear a conspicuous and honorable place in the history of the invention of steam navigation.
• Telford, Thomas
  An eminent engineer and constructor of public works.
• Tennant, Edward
  Member of Parliament
• Tennant, William
  A most accomplished linguist and excellent poet.
• Thom, James
  Wonderful self-taught sculptor.
• Thomson, Allen
  Doctor, President, of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow (pdf)
• Thomson, Andrew
  An eminent modern divine, and leader in the national church courts.
• Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville
  Naturalist
• Thomson, David B.
  An eminent fisherman
• Thomson, George
  Friend and correspondent of Burns.
• Thomson, James
  A celebrated poet.
• Thomson, Rev John
  The title of the Scottish Claude Lorrain which this reverend candidate for distinction acquired, at once announces the walk in which he excelled, and the progress he attained in it.
• Thomson, John
  Photographer
• Thomson, Robert William
  Born 1822. Invented the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre. He patented his invention in 1845, which was successfully tested in London, however it was abandoned because it was thought too expensive for common use. Thomson's invention is commemorated by a plaque in his native Stonehaven. He also patented the fountain pen (1849) and a steam traction engine (1867).
• Thomson, Thomas
  An eminent antiquarian.
• Thomson, Thomas
  A distinguished chemist.
• Thomson, William
  An ingenious, versatile, and multifarious writer.
• Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin)
  Famous scientist of the 19th century.  He was a giant of his field and the SI temperature range is named in his honor.
• Tod, David
  Partner in the firm Tod & Macgregor, builders of the ground breaking ocean-going iron screw ship; the City of Glasgow (1850).
• Tod, James
  A distinguished historian of the East.
• Traill, Robert
  An eminent preacher and writer.
• Tranter, Nigel
  Famous Scots author who died in Jan 2000 at 90 years of age.
• Trotter, Thomas
  Who held at one time the important office of physician to the Channel fleet.
• Troup, John (Jock)
  Evangelist
• Trump, Donald
  Entrepreneur
• Turnbull, William
  Bishop of Glasgow, and lord privy seal of Scotland.
• Turner, Sir James
  A Professional Scottish Soldier
• Tytler, Alexander Fraser
  A name which will not soon be forgotten, and a reputation for taste, talent, and personal worth, which will not often be surpassed.
• Tytler, James
  A laborious miscellaneous writer.
• Tytler, Patrick Fraser
  An eminent writer and poet.
• Tytler, William
  An eminent antiquarian writer.

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