Carlyle, Thomas (Ecclefechan)
Author of Heroes and Hero-Worship
Famous Brainiacs from Scotland
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Douglas, David (Scone)
The Scottish botanist whose 19th centry exploits led to the Douglas-fir -
Fleming, Alexander (Lochfield)
The bacteriologist who discovered penicillin -
Hume, David (Edinburgh)
Scottish skeptic who wrote A Treatise of Human Nature -
Maxwell, James Clerk (Edinburgh)
The physicist who came up with the theory of electromagnetism -
Smith, Adam (Kirkcaldy)
The author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations