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By the 1860s, the village needed a higher order of administration and it was made a burgh in 1864, under the General Police (Scotland) Act 1862. At the time, it was the fifth largest burgh in Scotland and contained within its boundaries the areas of Plantation, Cessnock, Ibrox, Craigton, and Drumoyne.
Who's Who in Scotland includes leading figures in politics, law, the churches, education, business and finance, the civil service and local government, science and medicine, the arts and sport. Entries contain full name, address, date and place of birth, details of family, education, career, publications and recreations.
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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.
Portal:Scotland/Selected biographies/1 . James Clerk Maxwell . James Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.
Donegan was born in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, on 29 April 1931. [4] He was the son of an Irish mother (Mary Josephine Deighan) and a Scots father (Peter John Donegan), a professional violinist who had played with the Scottish National Orchestra.
Clan map of Scotland The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans , mottoes , and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms ...
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]