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3 March – Robert Story, Church of Scotland minister and writer (died 1859) 25 October – Robert Stirling, Church of Scotland minister and inventor of the Stirling engine (died 1878) 29 October – David Napier, marine engineer (died 1869 in London) James Clow, Presbyterian minister and settler in Melbourne (died 1861 in Australia)
Pages in category "1790s in Scotland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... 0–9. 1765 in Scotland; 1766 in Scotland; 1790 in Scotland ...
Major-General William Roy FRS FSA FRSE (4 May 1726 – 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Great Britain. His masterpiece is usually referred to as Roy's Map of Scotland. [1] [2]
Scotland's transformation into a rich leader of modern industry came suddenly and unexpectedly. [140] The population grew steadily in the 19th century, from 1,608,000 in the census of 1801 to 2,889,000 in 1851 and 4,472,000 in 1901. [203] The economy, long based on agriculture, [140] began to industrialise after 1790. At first the leading ...
Cameo of William Cullen (close-up), Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Burial enclosure of William and Robert Cullen in Kirknewton. William Cullen FRS FRSE FRCPE (/ ˈ k ʌ l ən /; 15 April 1710 – 5 February 1790) was a British physician, chemist and agriculturalist from Hamilton, Scotland, who also served as a professor at the Edinburgh Medical School. [3]
He served as a representative peer from 1784 to 1790 and as Queen's Chamberlain 1792 to 1818. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Fife from 1808 to 1824. He was also High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland. On 11 August 1791 he was created Baron Douglas of Loch Leven, in the County of Kinross. [4]
The results are crucial to an understanding of Scotland on the eve of both the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution. In 1790, Sir John sent structured questionnaires to over 900 parish ministers, covering the whole country. This contained 160 questions in 4 sections, namely Geography and topography; Population
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