1821 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1821 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- 28 April - Foundation stone for the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, is laid.[1]
- 18 July - Thief David Haggart is hanged in Edinburgh, aged 20, for the murder of a Dumfries tolbooth keeper in 1820, leaving an autobiography, The life of David Haggart, and phrenologist George Combe's Phrenological observations on the cerebral development of David Haggart.
- 16 October - The School of Arts of Edinburgh, a predecessor of Heriot-Watt University, is established by Leonard Horner for the education of working men.[2][3]
- Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, designed by Robert Stevenson, is built.
- The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by David Brewster.
- The publisher T&T Clark is established in Edinburgh by Thomas Clark.
- William Hooker (botanist) publishes Flora Scotica; or, A description of Scottish plants.
Births
- 15 March - William Milligan, theologian (died 1892)
- 26 April - Robert Adamson, pioneer photographer (died 1848)
- 16 June - Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (died 1908)
- 19 June - George Whyte-Melville, sporting novelist (died hunting 1878 in England)
- 1 August - James Gowans, architect (died 1890)
- 17 October - Alexander Gardner, photographer (died 1882 in the United States)
- 13 December - Joseph Noel Paton, painter (died 1901)
- Edward Wilson, railway civil and locomotive engineer (died after 1871 in England?)
Deaths
- 2 April - James Gregory, physician (born 1753)
- 15 June - John Ballantyne, publisher (born 1774)
- 4 October - John Rennie the Elder, civil engineer (born 1761; died in London)
- 8 November - Charles Murray, actor (born 1754 in England)
- 6 December - John Taylor, medical missionary (died in Persia)
- Isabel Pagan, poet (born c.1741)
The Arts
- John Galt's novels Annals of the Parish and The Ayrshire Legatees are published.
- Jane Porter's novel The Scottish Chiefs is published.
- Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth is published anonymously.
See also
References
- ↑ "History of Edinburgh". Visions of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ↑ Jameson, R. (1824). "Some Account of the School of Arts of Edinburgh.". The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 11: 203–205.
- ↑ O'Farrell, P. N. (2004). Heriot Watt University: An Illustrated History. Harlow: Pearson Education. pp. 64–66. ISBN 0-273-69605-X.