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5 February – William Cullen, physician and chemist (born 1710) [3] 4 March – Flora MacDonald, Jacobite (born 1722) 17 July – Adam Smith, economist and philosopher (born 1723) 24 November – Robert Henry, historian and Church of Scotland minister (born 1718) [4]
The Scottish Enlightenment had effects far beyond Scotland, not only because of the esteem in which Scottish achievements were held outside Scotland, but also because its ideas and attitudes were carried all over Great Britain and across the Western world as part of the Scottish diaspora, and by foreign students who studied in Scotland.
Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 1964. By the early 20th century the school was so highly regarded in Scotland that it was known as "the ...
1790s disestablishments in Scotland (3 C) 1790s establishments in Scotland (10 C, 2 P) 0–9. ... 1790 in Scotland; 1791 in Scotland; 1792 in Scotland; 1793 in Scotland;
The Scottish Test Act was passed in 1681 but rescinded in 1690. Later attempts to exclude Scotland from the English Test Acts were rejected by the Parliament of Scotland. In 1707, anyone bearing office in any university, college or school in Scotland was to profess and subscribe to the Confession of Faith. All persons were to be free of any ...
In 1895, 50,000 teachers were working within the Church of Scotland in these schools [35] and 60 per cent of children aged 5–15 in Glasgow were enrolled on their books. [36] From the 1830s and 1840s there were also mission schools , ragged schools , Bible societies and improvement classes, open to members of all forms of Protestantism and ...
Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (June 1723 – 24 May 1806), styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.After serving as a junior officer in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession, he was given command of a regiment and was redeployed to Scotland where he opposed the Jacobites at Loch Fyne at an early stage of the Jacobite ...
Kirkman Finlay was born in the Gallowgate, the second son of well known Glasgow merchant and textile manufacturer James Finlay (1727–1790). Upon his father's death in 1790 he became head of James Finlay & Co , manufacturers and East India merchants.