1817 in Scotland
Events from 1817 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- February - Samuel Morison Brown, chemist, poet and essayist (died 1856)
- 15 February - Robert Angus Smith, atmospheric chemist (died 1884)
- 28 February - Walter Hood Fitch, botanical artist (died 1892)
- 9 April - Alexander Thomson, Greek Revival architect (died 1875)
- 29 April - Adam White, zoologist (died 1878)
- 17 May
- 22 May - James Macaulay, physician and literary editor (died 1902)
- 1 June - David Lyall, botanist (died 1895)
- 16 June - Alexander Forbes, bishop of Brechin (died 1875)
- 25 August - William Graham, wine merchant, art patron and Liberal politician (died 1885)
- 8 September - Stephen Hislop, Free Church missionary and geologist (died 1863 in India)
- 16 September - William Smith, architect (died 1891)
- 21 September - John Allan Broun, magnetologist (died 1879)
- 12 October - William Collins, publisher, Lord Provost of Glasgow and temperance activist (died 1895)
- 17 October - Alexander Mitchell, banker, railroad financier and Democratic politician (died 1887 in the United States)
- 29 October - Angus Macmillan, shipbuilder and politician on Prince Edward Island (died 1906 in Canada)
- 4 December - Thomas Thomson, military surgeon and botanist (died 1878 in India)
- 10 December - Alexander Wood, physician and inventor of the hypodermic syringe (died 1884)
- John Millar, Lord Craighill, Solicitor General (died 1888)
- Approximate date - Marion Kirkland Reid, feminist (died 1902?)
Deaths
- 8 February - Francis Horner, Whig politician, journalist, lawyer and political economist (born 1778; died in Italy)
- 3 September - James Byres of Tonley, art dealer (born 1734)
- 2 October - Alexander Monro, anatomist (born 1733)
- 8 October - Henry Erskine, lawyer and Whig politician (born 1746)
The Arts
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