1. Famous Scottish Victorians
By Ellis

2. Alexander Graham Bell

3. Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
Born: 3rd March 1847, Edinburgh
Education: University Collage, London
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone and founding the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.
Inventions he created: telephone, photo-phone, hydrofoil, audio-metre, metal detectors etc.
Died: 2 August 1922, Beinn Bhreagh

4. Quotes:
Alexander Graham Bell said these quotes:
1. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
2. Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you [First intelligible words spoken over the telephone]
3. Before anything else, preparation is the key to success

5. John Logie Baird

6. Who was John Logie Baird?
Born: 14th August, 1888, Helensburgh
Education: Royal Collage of Science and Technology
Siblings: Annie Baird, Jean Baird and James Baird
Children: Malcom Baird, Diana Baird
John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926
Died: 14th June, 1946, Bexhill-on-sea

7. James Watt

8. Who was James Watt Born: 30th January 1736, Greenock
Parents: Agnes Muirhead, James Watt
Children: Gregory Watt, James Watt Junior, Janet Watt, Margret watt
Nationality: Scottish, British
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781
Died: 25th August 1819, Heathfield Hall

9. Alexander Fleming

10. Who was Alexander Fleming
Born: 16th August 1881, Darvel
Education: St Mary’s Hospital Medical School
Spouse: Amalia Fleming (m. 1953–1955), Sarah Fleming (m. 1915–1949)
Children: Robert Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician, biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.
Died: 11th March 1955 London

11. Sophia Jex Blake

12. Who was Sophia Jex Blake
Born: 21st January 1840, Hastings
Education: University of Edinburgh
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake was an English physician, teacher and feminist. She led the campaign to secure women access to a University education when she and six other women.
Books: Medical Women, A visit to some American schools and colleges.
Died: 7th January 1912

13. Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl

14. Who Was Katharine Murray?
Born: 6th November 1874, Edinburgh
Education: Royal college of music
Spouse: John Stewart Murray, 8th Duke of Athol
Residence: Blair Castle, Blair Athol
Books: Conscription of a People
Political Party : Unionist Party
Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, DBE, known as the Marchioness of Tullibardine from 1899 to 1917, was a Scottish noblewoman and Scottish Unionist Party politician whose views were often unpopular in her party.
Died: 21st October 1960 Edinburgh

15. Marion Gilchrist

16. Who Was Marion Gilchrist ?
Born: 5th February 1864, Bothwell
Education: University of St Andrews
Specialisms: General practitioner, Ophthalmology
Dr Marion Gilchrist was the first female graduate of the University of Glasgow; the first woman to qualify in medicine from a Scottish university; and a leading activist in the Women's suffrage Movement in Scotland.
Died: 7th September , Glasgow