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People of the Scottish Enlightenment (4 C, 110 P) Pages in category "18th-century Scottish people" The following 170 pages are in this category, out of 170 total.
The Scottish Enlightenment (Scots: Scots Enlichtenment, Scottish Gaelic: Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century, Scotland had a network of parish schools in the Scottish Lowlands and
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Linen was Scotland's premier industry in the 18th century and formed the basis for the later cotton, jute, [179] and woollen industries. [180] Scottish industrial policy was made by the board of trustees for Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland, which sought to build an economy complementary, not competitive, with England.
Years of the 18th century in Scotland (100 C, 100 P) Pages in category "18th century in Scotland" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.
Sawney Bean, semi-mythical head of a clan in 15th- or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for mass murder and cannibalism; Bible John, nickname of supposed serial killer; Robert Black (born 1947), serial killer convicted of the kidnapping and murder of four girls; Geordie Bourne (died 1597), border reiver
James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (/ ˈ b ɒ z w ɛ l,-w əl /; 29 October 1740 [1] – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh.He is best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language.
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