1910 in Scotland
1910 in Scotland |
Years |
1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 |
See also |
1909-10 in Scottish football |
1910-11 in Scottish football |
Events from 1910 in Scotland
Incumbents
- Monarch – Edward VII (until 6 May), George V
Events
- June - Edinburgh Missionary Conference is held, presided over by Nobel Peace Prize recipient John R. Mott, launching the modern ecumenical movement and the modern missions movement.
- 17 September - Andrew Blain Baird makes the first powered monoplane flight in Scotland, at Ettrick Bay on the Isle of Bute in a self-built machine.[1]
- 19 December - Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow opened
- The whisky-based liqueur Drambuie is first marketed commercially, from Leith.
Births
- 6 May - Jerry Morris, epidemiologist (died 2009)[2]
- 10 March - Jane Duncan, born Elizabeth Jane Cameron, novelist (died 1976)
- 17 March - Molly Weir, actress (died 2004 in London)
- 19 April - Andrew Gilchrist, Special Operations Executive operative, and later ambassador (died 1993)
- 23 April - Sheila Scott Macintyre, mathematician (died 1960)
- 15 July - George Friel, novelist (died 1975)
- 14 November - Norman MacCaig, poet (died 1996)[3]
- December - Ian Donald, physician, pioneer in the use of Medical ultrasonography (died 1987)
Deaths
- 18 January - James Cuthbertson, Scottish-Australian poet and schoolteacher (born 1851)
- 2 April - William McTaggart, landscape and marine painter (born 1835)
- 6 April - John McLaren, Lord McLaren, Liberal politician (born 1831)
- 13 April - William Quiller Orchardson, portraitist and painter (born 1832)
- 15 April - John Smith - dentist, philanthropist and pioneering educator (born 1825)
- 10 May - William Gordon Stables, naval physician and novelist (born 1840)
- Robert Boog Watson, malacologist and Free Church minister (born 1823)
See also
References
- ↑ "First all-Scottish heavier-than-air powered flight". 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Ashton, J. R. (2000). "Professor J N "Jerry" Morris". Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 54: 881a. doi:10.1136/jech.54.12.881a.
- ↑ Calder, Angus (1996-01-25). "Obituary: Norman MacCaig". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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