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Scotland [e] is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.
This latter kingdom, established in the aftermath of the Viking siege and capture of Alt Clut by Vikings from Dublin in 870, created the sandstone sculptures known today as the Govan Stones. Govan was the site of a ford and later a ferry which linked the area with Partick for seasonal cattle drovers.
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (1900–1970), possibly the first woman to practise architecture in Scotland; John Begg (1866–1937), architect who practised in London, South Africa and India, and taught at Edinburgh College of Art; William Bryce Binnie (c. 1885–c. 1963) Alexander Black (c.1790–1858) Hippolyte Blanc (1844–1917)
William Beardmore – Beardmores, Parkhead Forge, Arrol-Johnston motor company [80]; George Bogle of Daldowie – wealthy tobacco merchant [81]; Sir William Burrell – shipping magnate and philanthropist [82]
Today, Scotland has a population of just over five million people, [40] the majority of whom consider themselves Scottish. [41] [42] It is estimated around 40 million people worldwide claim Scottish ancestry, particularly in Australia, New Zealand, continental Europe, the United States and Canada, [43] along with elsewhere in the United Kingdom.