The University of Edinburgh

Charles Darwin

scientific collector·1809–1882

English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882)

Alexander Graham Bell

teacher of the deaf·1847–1922

Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)

James Clerk Maxwell

theoretical physicist·1831–1879

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

David Hume

essayist·1711–1776

Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian (1711-1776)

Robert Louis Stevenson

novelist·1850–1894

Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)

Walter Scott

short story writer·1771–1832

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

Gordon Brown

autobiographer·b. 1951

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

Thomas Carlyle

literary historian·1795–1881

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

Edward VII

art collector·1841–1910

King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910

J. M. Barrie

television writer·1860–1937

Scottish writer and playwright (1860–1937)

Thomas Young

linguist·1773–1829

English polymath (1773-1829)

Julius Nyerere

linguist·1922–1999

Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)